The latest FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers have a clear idea of who will win it at next year’s Global Showpeace event.
Morocco, which became the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals in 2022, has now stopped being caught up in the top spot in Group E of the Union of African Football (CAF) Qualifiers. Tunisia also accomplished it as a table topper for Group H. The pair are the first two African aspects to confirm the progress of the competition next year.
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South Africa has been on qualifying crisis following a 1-1 draw with Nigeria, but the Super Eagles will need to beat Benin, who will play in the final group game.
European qualifiers have seen some of the top teams that have just started a group of four, while England and Norway are well positioned in groups of five.
Below is a breakdown of how the qualifying process stands around the world.
Which teams are there at FIFA World Cup 2026?
Following the latest round of qualifying matches, here is a breakdown of confirmed candidates from each of the six regions:
Asia: Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Uzbekistan.
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia.
Africa: Morocco and Tunisia.
Europe: None of the 54 European teams competing for 16 qualifying spots have confirmed the berth as the first round matches will be held until November 18th.
North, Central America, the Caribbean: Canada, Mexico, America. With the World Cup host country taking three spots, only three will be obtained and will be decided on November 18th.
Oceania: New Zealand. With Grub and 11 countries fighting for it, New Zealand won the victory and won the scene by winning the third round playoff final against New Caledonia on March 24th.
Which major teams have been eliminated from the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifications?
Peru is the latest big name to be eliminated from the qualifying process that continues from Chile, which was the third-place finisher in 1962, to Chile, who had already missed out in South American qualifying rounds. Venezuela has also been eliminated.
China is not considered an Asian football powerhouse, but following its appearance in 2002, it focused on building games at home and seeing itself in another World Cup.
Which teams can qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026?
Other places still in the race in search of World Cup spots, except that there are still seven Africans and 16 European spots for the glove.
Asia: Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iraq and Oman are competing for two direct qualification slots, the World Cup and one intercontinental playoff spot. The next phase of the Asian Football Union (AFC) qualifying round will begin on October 8th.
South America: Bolivia is qualifying for the intercontinental playoffs after missing out on one of six automatic qualifying positions.
North, Central America, and the Caribbean: Honduras, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Tobago, Curacao, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Guatemala, Suriname and El Salvador have three teams advanced from direct qualifications to the third round. Three second-placed teams in each group will compete for the Intercontinental playoff spot.
Oceania: New Caledonia competed in the InterContinental Playoffs.
When will all teams at FIFA World Cup 2026 be confirmed?
By March 31, 2026, the European qualifying round will extend in March and the InterContinental Playoff Finals are scheduled for the same month, so we don’t know the last 48 teams of the World Cup until three months before the tournament.
When and where will the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw be held?
US President Donald Trump confirmed that the World Cup draw will take place in August at the Kennedy Center in Washington on December 5th, and did not rule out that he may oversee the event himself.
“This is the biggest, perhaps the biggest event in the sport,” Trump said.
When is the FIFA World Cup 2026 scheduled?
The tournament will begin in Mexico City on June 11th and end with the final in New Jersey on July 19th.
