2026 FIFA World Cup (Future World Cups)

The 2026 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament contested by men's national teams that took place between 12 July and 14 August 2026 in Canada, United States and Mexico. It was the 23rd FIFA World Cup, a worldwide football tournament held once every four years. It was the second time the World Cup was hosted in more than one country and the first time it was hosted by three countries. In the final, Mexico won it's 1st championship of the FIFA World Cup in a mach 3-2 over France.

Qualification
The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup since the decision of the FIFA Council in 2017 to expand the competition from 32 to 48 national selectios. List of national selections that qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and their classification of FIFA Ranking at the time of the begining of the tournament.

AFC Iran (20) Japan (26) Australia (34) China (53) Iraq (62) Saudi Arabia (45) Qatar (47) Syria (54)

CAF Egypt (35) Nigeria (30) Tunisia (31) Senegal (28) Cameroon (43) Ivory Coast (55) Algeria (38) Morocco (37) Ghana (40) Guinea (52)

CONCACAF

Canada (64) (host) United States (19) (host) Mexico (7) (host) Costa Rica (29) Honduras (49) Panama (50)

CONMEBOL

Brazil (1) Argentina (3) Uruguay (11) Colombia (12) Chile (18) Peru (22) Paraguay (32)

OFC

New Zealand (58)

UEFA

England (2) Italy (5) Poland (14) France (4) Germany (10) Belgium (5) Portugal (9) Spain (8) Sweden (23) Turkey (25) Netherlands (15) Denmark (16) Croatia (17) Greece (41) Russia (27) Switzerland (13)

Draw
For the draw, the teams were allocated to three pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of October 2025. Pot one contained the hosts Canada, Mexico and Untied States (who were automatically assigned to position A1, B1 and C1 based on their place on FIFA ranking) and the best 13 teams. Pot two and three contained the next best 16. Teams from the same confederation still were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except that two UEFA teams could be in each group. The pots for the draw are shown below.