Who are the latest teams to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

Qatar are the header quality successful the latest radical of confirmed entrants for adjacent year’s FIFA 2026 World Cup pursuing the astir caller circular of qualifying matches.

The hosts of the 2022 variation of the planetary showpiece lawsuit reached the finals for the archetypal clip done the qualification route, erstwhile they beat the United Arab Emirates connected Tuesday.

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South Africa besides clinched a choky group, with chap African giants Nigeria pushed to the playoffs, connected a tense last time of radical signifier qualifiers connected the continent. This came a time aft Cape Verde’s archetypal qualification for the World Cup finals.

The European teams inactive person immoderate mode to spell to decorativeness their qualifying groups, but the representation has go acold clearer with immoderate advancement already made.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a adjacent look astatine however the qualifying process stands astir the globe:

Which teams are successful the FIFA World Cup 2026?

After the latest circular of qualifying matches, present is simply a breakdown of the confirmed contenders from each of the six regions:

Hosts: Canada, Mexico, United States

Asia: Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan

Africa: Algeria, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia

Europe: England

Oceania: New Zealand

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay

Who tin inactive suffice for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

Africa: Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Nigeria volition play disconnected for the last intercontinental spot from the continent. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has yet to denote the dates for those matches.

Asia: The UAE and Iraq volition vie for 1 intercontinental playoffs spot erstwhile they vie implicit 2 legs successful the last signifier of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers successful November.

Europe: 53 of the 54 European teams vying for 16 qualification spots tin inactive corroborate their berths, alongside England, arsenic their first-round matches volition tally until November 18.

North, Central America and the Caribbean: With the World Cup big nations taking 3 spots, lone 3 are near up for grabs. They volition beryllium decided connected November 18. Bermuda, Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago person each precocious to the 3rd round. The 3 second-placed teams from each radical volition past combat for the intercontinental playoffs spot.

Oceania: New Caledonia person qualified for the intercontinental playoffs.

South America: Bolivia person qualified for the intercontinental playoffs, having missed retired connected 1 of the six automatic qualifying positions.

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Which large teams person been eliminated from qualification?

Peru and Chile, who were third-place finishers successful 1962, were the biggest names to miss retired from the South America qualifiers, wherever Venezuela were besides eliminated.

Although not considered a powerhouse successful Asia, China volition beryllium disappointed not to scope their archetypal finals since 2002.

Angola, Libya, Mali and Namibia volition beryllium among those disappointed to beryllium eliminated from the African qualification.

Indonesia were hoping to scope lone a 2nd World Cup, and made a valiant tally to the 4th circular of AFC qualification. But they volition beryllium disappointed not to person gone 1 measurement further pursuing their Dutch recruitment drive, which included their coach, Patrick Kluivert.

Bahrain, who topped their 2023 AFC Asian Cup radical signifier up of South Korea, lone to beryllium eliminated by Japan successful the circular of 16, volition beryllium deflated to person missed retired connected the accidental to showcase their skills connected the planetary stage. Palestine were lone seconds distant from reaching the 4th circular of the AFC qualifier and, pursuing their historical tally to the knockout signifier of the past Asian Cup, volition besides beryllium disappointed not to person astatine slightest gone 1 measurement further successful their continental qualifiers.

When volition each the teams for the FIFA World Cup 2026 beryllium confirmed?

European qualification rounds agelong beyond the existent radical stages to March, portion the intercontinental playoff last is scheduled for the aforesaid month, truthful the last 48 teams for the World Cup volition not beryllium known until little than 3 months earlier the tournament. March 31, 2026, is erstwhile each qualification volition travel to an end.

When and wherever is the gully for the FIFA World Cup 2026?

The World Cup draw, arsenic revealed by US President Donald Trump successful August, volition instrumentality spot connected December 5 astatine the Kennedy Center successful Washington, DC.

“It’s the biggest, astir apt the biggest lawsuit successful sports, I guess,” said Trump, who made the announcement successful an Oval Office lawsuit wherever helium was joined by Vice President JD Vance and FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Trump besides did not regularisation retired overseeing the gully himself.

When is the FIFA World Cup 2026 scheduled?

The tourney begins successful Mexico City connected June 11, and ends with the last successful New Jersey connected July 19.