What countries are classified to the 2026 World Cup: the list of all participants

Less and less is missing. Qatar 2022 is already quite in the past and a new maximum football event arrives, another Worldthis time with the world setting its attention in North America, with the United States, Canada and Mexico as hosts in a historical event.

It will be the first time that the World Cup is played with 48 selections, and will also mark the return of the competition to the region from the 1994 edition in the United States. The world football stars will gather to write a new chapter in the history of king sport.

But what are the countries already classified to the 2026 World Cup? The details, below.

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The squares of the World Cup organizing countries 2026

On February 14, 2023, the FIFA Council officialized that United States, Canada and Mexicothe organizers of the 2026 World Cup already confirmed in 2018, had their places insured for the tournament as organizers, something that is usual. The three teams had already classified the last World Cup by sports merits.

2026 World Cup classification from Oceania

For the first time, Oceania will have a direct classification square. The best of its 11 selections will reach the tournament. New Zealand and Nueva Caledonia faced each other in the final On Monday, March 24: the winner qualified for the World Cup and the loser will play the international repet.

2026 World Cup classification from Europe

The European qualifiers will play their first phase throughout 2025, with the selections divided into 12 groups of four or five teams. The winner of each will qualify for the World Cup, while the 12 escorts plus the four best winners of the group of the Nations League who have not achieved a place, will play the second phase for four more places. This consists of four different home runs with semifinal and final, in which the winner of each one is classified to the World Cup: they will be played in March 2026.

2026 World Cup classification from Concacaf

In addition to the places of the three organizers, Concacaf received three places for the 2026 World Cup and two for the Intercontinental Repe. The 30 best teams are in the second round, with six groups of five teams each. The first two of each area will advance to the final phase, in which they will be divided into three groups of four selections each. The winner of each zone will go to the World Cup and the two escorts with more points will play the intercontinental play.

2026 World Cup classification from Asia

They have eight places in the World Cup plus Repsca. They are playing the third round, in which the best 18 teams were divided into three hexagonal. The two best teams in each group classify the World Cup, while the third and the fourth advance to the fourth round in search of two more tickets. The teams that are in second place in that fourth round, that is, the ninth and tenth of the continent, will go to the intercontinental play.

2026 World Cup classification from Conmebol

The usual qualifying system is carried out, with the 10 selections facing all against all in 18 games for each. The first six classify directly to the World Cup, while the one that is seventh will go to the intercontinental play.

2026 World Cup classification from Africa

They have nine quotas of direct classification to the World Cup plus one for the intercontinental repet. The 54 selections were divided into nine groups of six teams each. The best of each area will classify the World Cup, while the four seconds that add the most points will play a home run to determine which selection goes to the intercontinental repesca.

2026 World Cup classification from the play or intercontinental repechage

Six selected will participate in the Repesca or Intercontinental Repechaje to be played in March 2026 in the United States, Mexico or Canada. These will be the seventh of Conmebol, the fourth and fifth of Concacaf (in addition to the three organizers of the World Cup), the Tenth of Africa, the Ninth of Asia and the Second of Oceania. The two teams with the best FIFA ranking will advance directly to the final (to a single match), in which they will face the winner of a semifinal clash, also to a single match, among one of the other four selections. The two winners of these triangular will classify the 2026 World Cup.

Countries classified to the 2026 World Cup