{"id":579294,"date":"2026-04-01T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/579294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:55:10","slug":"which-teams-have-qualified-for-world-cup-2026-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/579294\/","title":{"rendered":"Which teams have qualified for World Cup 2026? | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">A breakdown of the teams and groups of the FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the US after the final playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/hafsa_adil_2014815112749476273\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20250912-WA0000-1757829229.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 1 Apr 20261 Apr 2026<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/4\/1\/iraq-defeat-bolivia-2-1-to-qualify-for-fifa-world-cup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">qualification<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup 2026<\/a> has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions of Mesopotamia edged Bolivia 2-1 on Tuesday to win the second final of the FIFA Playoff tournament in Mexico. In the first final earlier, Democratic Republic of the Congo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/3\/31\/dr-congo-beat-jamaica-in-world-cup-intercontinental-qualifying-finals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat<\/a> Jamaica 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>In the other games, Turkiye, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden and Czechia were the final four teams to complete the European quota of World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Widely considered the most famous sporting event in the world, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be its biggest ever. Forty-eight nations will play instead of the usual 32, with 104 matches in 16 venues across the three host nations.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina will look to defend the trophy lifted by iconic captain, Lionel Messi at Qatar 2022. Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan will make their debut.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup\u2019s first game will be a throwback to 2010 when Mexico take on South Africa on June 11 in Mexico City in a replay of the tournament opener then. Football fans will hope the opening goal this year matches the screamer scored by Lawrence Tshabalala from the South African hosts then.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico in group A \u2013 which includes South Korea and Czechia \u2013 will be one of the toughest of the 12 groups.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA are alongside Australia, Paraguay and Turkiye.<\/p>\n<p>Canada, too, face the challenging task of making it out of a group comprising Switzerland, Qatar and Bosnia.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a breakdown of the 48 teams in the 12 groups:<\/p>\n<p>Group A:<\/p>\n<p>Mexico<br \/>\nSouth Korea<br \/>\nSouth Africa<br \/>\nCzechia<\/p>\n<p>Group B:<\/p>\n<p>Canada<br \/>\nSwitzerland<br \/>\nQatar<br \/>\nBosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n<p>Group C:<\/p>\n<p>Brazil<br \/>\nMorocco<br \/>\nScotland<br \/>\nHaiti<\/p>\n<p>Group D:<\/p>\n<p>USA<br \/>\nAustralia<br \/>\nParaguay<br \/>\nTurkiye<\/p>\n<p>Group E:<\/p>\n<p>Germany<br \/>\nEcuador<br \/>\nIvory Coast<br \/>\nCuracao<\/p>\n<p>Group F:<\/p>\n<p>Netherlands<br \/>\nJapan<br \/>\nTunisia<br \/>\nSweden<\/p>\n<p>Group G:<\/p>\n<p>Belgium<br \/>\nIran<br \/>\nEgypt<br \/>\nNew Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Group H:<\/p>\n<p>Spain<br \/>\nUruguay<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia<br \/>\nCape Verde<\/p>\n<p>Group I:<\/p>\n<p>France<br \/>\nSenegal<br \/>\nNorway<br \/>\nIraq<\/p>\n<p>Group J:<\/p>\n<p>Argentina<br \/>\nAustria<br \/>\nAlgeria<br \/>\nJordan<\/p>\n<p>Group K:<\/p>\n<p>Portugal<br \/>\nColombia<br \/>\nUzbekistan<br \/>\nDRC<\/p>\n<p>Group L:<\/p>\n<p>England<br \/>\nCroatia<br \/>\nPanama<br \/>\nGhana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A breakdown of the teams and groups of the FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[6074,64,63,92958,586,89033,2057,596,1076,12241,44,588,85,4200,940,124617],"class_list":{"0":"post-579294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-bosnia-herzegovina","12":"tag-czech-republic","13":"tag-democratic-republic-of-the-congo","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-iraq","17":"tag-middle-east","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-sport","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-sweden","22":"tag-turkey","23":"tag-world-cup-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}