2026 FIFA World Cup (O Ellinas)

The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the 23rd FIFA World Cup. It was held in Canada, Mexico and the United States. This was the first World Cup ever to be held in three countries and the first in North America since 1994. 48 teams competed in the World Cup tournament for the first time in history.

Qualification
10 countries made their FIFA world cup debut (Albania, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Congo, Finland, Guatemala, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Uzbekistan and Uganda). 2022 finalists Spain and England didn't manage to qualify. This was the second season in a row where the title holder didn't qualify, following France's failure in 2022. 16 out of the 32 participants of the 2022 world cup managed to re-qualify for 2026.


 * AFC (8)
 * Flag of Australia.png Australia (39)
 * Flag of Iran.svg Iran (48)
 * Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (75)
 * Flag of Japan.svg Japan (28)
 * Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea (100)
 * Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (73)
 * Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (60)
 * Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan (67)


 * CAF (10)
 * Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (55)
 * Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (62)
 * Flag of Cape Verde.svg.png Cape Verde (89)
 * Flag of the Republic of the Congo.png Congo (61)
 * Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (25)
 * Flag of Ivory Coast.svg Ivory Coast (37)
 * Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (78)
 * Flag of South Africa.png South Africa (69)
 * Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (44)
 * Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (105)


 * CONCACAF (6)
 * Flag of Canada.svg Canada (Host) (80)
 * Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (64)
 * Flag of Haiti.svg.png Haiti (70)
 * Flag of Honduras.png Honduras (38)
 * Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Host) (16)
 * Flag of the United States.svg USA (Host) (43)
 * CONMEBOL (6)
 * Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia (30)
 * Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (5)
 * Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (13)
 * Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador (9)
 * Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (20)
 * Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (6)


 * OFC (1)
 * Flag of New Caledonia.svg.png New Caledonia (128)


 * UEFA (17)
 * Flag of Albania.svg Albania (22)
 * Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (23)
 * Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium (3)
 * Flag of Finland.svg Finland (50)
 * Flag of France.svg France (10)
 * Flag of Greece.svg Greece (42)
 * Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (18)
 * Flag of Israel.svg Israel (52)
 * Flag of Italy.svg Italy (1)
 * Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro (49)
 * Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (7)
 * Flag of Macedonia.svg North Macedonia (17)
 * Flag of Northern Ireland.png Northern Ireland (24)
 * Flag of Norway.svg Norway (35)
 * Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (8)
 * Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (32)
 * Flag of Wales.svg Wales (4)