World Cup 2026

Road to the
World Cup

How 48 nations from 6 confederations earned their place.

CONMEBOL6 + 1 playoffUEFA16CAF9AFC8 + 1 playoffCONCACAF6 + 1 playoffOFC1 playoffPlayoffs2 spots

CONMEBOL

South America

6 direct spots · 1 intercontinental playoff

Qualified Teams

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	ARGQ	18	12	2	4	+21	38
2	ECUQ	18	8	8	2	+9	29
3	COLQ	18	7	7	4	+10	28
4	URUQ	18	7	7	4	+10	28
5	BRAQ	18	8	4	6	+7	28
6	PARQ	18	7	7	4	+4	28
7	BOL	18	6	2	10	-18	20
8	VEN	18	4	6	8	-10	18
9	PER	18	2	6	10	-15	12
10	CHL	18	2	5	11	-18	11

UEFA

Europe

16 spots (12 group winners + 4 Nations League play-off winners)

Qualified Teams

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group A

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	GERQ	6	5	1	+13	15
2	SVK	6	4	2	-2	12
3	NIR	6	3	3	+1	9
4	LUX	6	0	6	-12	0

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	SUIQ	6	4	2	0	+12	14
2	KVX	6	3	2	1	+1	11
3	SVN	6	0	4	2	-5	4
4	SWEQ	6	0	2	4	-8	2

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	FRAQ	6	5	1	0	+12	16
2	UKR	6	3	1	2	-1	10
3	ICE	6	2	1	3	+2	7
4	AZE	6	0	1	5	-13	1

Group J

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	BELQ	8	5	3	0	+22	18
2	WAL	8	5	1	2	+10	16
3	MKD	8	3	4	1	+3	13
4	KAZ	8	2	2	4	-4	8
5	LIE	8	0	0	8	-31	0

Group H

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	AUTQ	8	6	1	1	+18	19
2	BIHQ	8	5	2	1	+10	17
3	ROM	8	4	1	3	+9	13
4	CYP	8	2	2	4	0	8
5	SMR	8	0	0	8	-37	0

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	SCOQ	6	4	1	1	+6	13
2	DEN	6	3	2	1	+9	11
3	GRC	6	2	1	3	-2	7
4	BLR	6	0	2	4	-13	2

Group E

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	ESPQ	6	5	1	0	+19	16
2	TURQ	6	4	1	1	+5	13
3	GEO	6	1	0	5	-8	3
4	BGR	6	1	0	5	-16	3

Group L

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	CROQ	8	7	1	0	+22	22
2	CZEQ	8	5	1	2	+10	16
3	FRO	8	4	0	4	+2	12
4	MNE	8	3	0	5	-9	9
5	GIB	8	0	0	8	-25	0

Group I

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	NORQ	8	8	0	0	+32	24
2	ITA	8	6	0	2	+9	18
3	ISR	8	4	0	4	-1	12
4	EST	8	1	1	6	-13	4
5	MDA	8	0	1	7	-27	1

Group F

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	PORQ	6	4	1	1	+13	13
2	IRL	6	3	1	2	+2	10
3	HUN	6	2	2	2	+1	8
4	ARM	6	1	0	5	-16	3

Group K

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	ENGQ	8	8	0	0	+22	24
2	ALB	8	4	2	2	+2	14
3	SRB	8	4	1	3	-1	13
4	LVA	8	1	2	5	-10	5
5	AND	8	0	1	7	-13	1

Group G

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	NEDQ	8	6	2	0	+23	20
2	POL	8	5	2	1	+7	17
3	FIN	8	3	1	4	-6	10
4	MLT	8	1	2	5	-15	5
5	LTU	8	0	3	5	-9	3

CAF

Africa

9 spots

Qualified Teams

Group Stage9 groups

Group E

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	MARQ	8	8	0	0	+20	24
2	NER	8	5	0	3	+1	15
3	TZA	8	3	1	4	-1	10
4	ZMB	8	3	0	5	0	9
5	COG	8	0	1	7	-20	1
6	ERI	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	RSAQ	10	6	3	1	+11	18
2	NGA	10	4	5	1	+7	17
3	BEN	10	5	2	3	+1	17
4	RWA	10	3	2	5	-4	11
5	LSO	10	2	3	5	-8	9
6	ZWE	10	0	5	5	-7	5

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	EGYQ	10	8	2	0	+18	26
2	BFA	10	6	3	1	+15	21
3	SLE	10	4	3	3	+2	15
4	GNB	10	2	4	4	-2	10
5	ETH	10	2	3	5	-5	9
6	DJI	10	0	1	9	-28	1

Group H

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	TUNQ	10	9	1	0	+22	28
2	NAM	10	4	3	3	+3	15
3	GNQ	10	4	2	4	-3	14
4	MWI	10	4	1	5	+1	13
5	LBR	10	3	3	4	-2	12
6	São Tomé and Príncipe	10	1	0	9	-21	3

Group D

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	CPVQ	10	7	2	1	+8	23
2	CMR	10	5	4	1	+12	19
3	LBY	10	4	4	2	+2	16
4	AGO	10	2	6	2	+1	12
5	MUS	10	1	3	6	-10	6
6	SWZ	10	0	3	7	-13	3

Group I

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	GHAQ	10	8	1	1	+17	25
2	MDG	10	6	1	3	+5	19
3	MLI	10	5	3	2	+11	18
4	COM	10	5	0	5	-1	15
5	CAF	10	2	2	6	-13	8
6	TCD	10	0	1	9	-19	1

Group G

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	ALGQ	10	8	1	1	+16	25
2	UGA	10	6	0	4	+5	18
3	MOZ	10	6	0	4	-3	18
4	GIN	10	4	3	3	+3	15
5	BWA	10	3	1	6	-4	10
6	SOM	10	0	1	9	-17	1

Group F

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	CIVQ	10	8	2	0	+25	26
2	GAB	10	8	1	1	+13	25
3	GMB	10	4	1	5	+9	13
4	KEN	10	3	3	4	+4	12
5	BDI	10	3	1	6	0	10
6	SYC	10	0	0	10	-51	0

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	SENQ	10	7	3	0	+19	24
2	CODQ	10	7	1	2	+9	22
3	SDN	10	3	4	3	+2	13
4	TGO	10	1	5	4	-5	8
5	MRT	10	1	4	5	-9	7
6	SSD	10	0	5	5	-16	5

Play-offs - Semi-finalsFINAL ROUND1 group

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	NGA	1	1	0	+3	3
2	CODQ	1	1	0	+1	3
3	CMR	1	0	1	-1	0
4	GAB	1	0	1	-3	0

AFC

Asia

8 spots + 1 intercontinental playoff

Qualified Teams

Round 27 groups

Group E

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	IRNQ	6	4	2	0	+12	14
2	UZBQ	6	4	2	0	+9	14
3	TKM	6	0	2	4	-10	2
4	HKG	6	0	2	4	-11	2

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	QATQ	6	5	1	0	+15	16
2	KWT	6	2	1	3	0	7
3	IND	6	1	2	3	-4	5
4	AFG	6	1	2	3	-11	5

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	JPNQ	6	6	0	0	+24	18
2	KOR	6	3	0	3	+4	9
3	SYR	6	2	1	3	-3	7
4	MMR	6	0	1	5	-25	1

Group F

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	IRQQ	6	6	0	0	+15	18
2	IDN	6	3	1	2	0	10
3	VNM	6	2	0	4	-4	6
4	PHL	6	0	1	5	-11	1

Group G

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	JORQ	6	4	1	1	+12	13
2	KSAQ	6	4	1	1	+9	13
3	TJK	6	2	2	2	+4	8
4	PAK	6	0	0	6	-25	0

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	KORQ	6	5	1	0	+19	16
2	THA	6	2	2	2	0	8
3	CHN	6	2	2	2	0	8
4	SGP	6	0	1	5	-19	1

Group I

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	AUSQ	6	6	0	0	+22	18
2	PSE	6	2	2	2	0	8
3	LBN	6	1	3	2	-3	6
4	BGD	6	0	1	5	-19	1

Round 33 groups

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	JPNQ	10	7	2	1	+27	23
2	AUSQ	10	5	4	1	+9	19
3	KSAQ	10	3	4	3	-1	13
4	IDN	10	3	3	4	-11	12
5	CHN	10	3	0	7	-13	9
6	BHR	10	1	3	6	-11	6

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	IRNQ	10	7	2	1	+11	23
2	UZBQ	10	6	3	1	+7	21
3	United Arab Emirates	10	4	3	3	+7	15
4	QATQ	10	4	1	5	-7	13
5	KGZ	10	2	2	6	-6	8
6	KOR	10	0	3	7	-12	3

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	KORQ	10	6	4	0	+13	22
2	JORQ	10	4	4	2	+8	16
3	IRQQ	10	4	3	3	0	15
4	OMN	10	3	2	5	-5	11
5	PSE	10	2	4	4	-3	10
6	KWT	10	0	5	5	-13	5

Round 4FINAL ROUND2 groups

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	QATQ	2	1	1	0	+1	4
2	United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	0	3
3	OMN	2	0	1	1	-1	1

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	KSAQ	2	1	1	0	+1	4
2	IRQQ	2	1	1	0	+1	4
3	IDN	2	0	0	2	-2	0

CONCACAF

North, Central America & Caribbean

6 spots (inc. 3 co-hosts) + 1 intercontinental playoff

🏆 Co-Hosts — Automatic Qualification

Qualified Teams

Round 22 groups

Group D

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	PANQ	4	4	0	+9	12
2	NIC	4	3	1	+5	9
3	GUY	4	2	2	+2	6
4	MSR	4	1	3	-7	3
5	BLZ	4	0	4	-9	0

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	CUWQ	4	4	0	0	+13	12
2	HAIQ	4	3	0	1	+4	9
3	St. Lucia	4	1	1	2	-4	4
4	ABW	4	0	2	2	-7	2
5	BRB	4	0	1	3	-6	1

Final roundFINAL ROUND3 groups

Group C

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	HAIQ	6	3	2	1	+3	11
2	HND	6	2	3	1	+3	9
3	CRI	6	1	4	1	+2	7
4	NIC	6	1	1	4	-8	4

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	PANQ	6	3	3	0	+5	12
2	SUR	6	2	3	1	+3	9
3	GTM	6	2	2	2	+1	8
4	SLV	6	1	0	5	-9	3

Group B

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	CUWQ	6	3	3	0	+10	12
2	JAM	6	3	2	1	+8	11
3	TTO	6	1	4	1	+1	7
4	BMU	6	0	1	5	-19	1

OFC

Oceania

1 intercontinental playoff spot

Qualified Teams

New Zealand

Group B

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	NZLQ	3	3	0	+18	9
2	TAH	3	2	1	+2	6
3	VUT	3	1	2	-6	3
4	WSM	3	0	3	-14	0

Intercontinental Playoffs

2 final spots · 6 nations

Semi-finals

BOL

2–1

SUR

NCL

0–1

JAM

Final

COD

1–0

JAM

AET

IRQ

2–1

BOL

Qualified

Iraq

Congo DR

Road to theWorld Cup

CONMEBOL

UEFA

CAF

AFC

CONCACAF

OFC

Intercontinental Playoffs

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