Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2026

[Monzanator 4,768]

 lost 7-0 to  in 1974 World Cup but they scored against both  and  

[Dragon 2,026]

7 hours ago, NearPup said:

I mean, they have pretty much the exact same status as  (constituent country within an independent country that does compete in the Olympics) so I would say no.

 (as Dutch East Indies) qualified in 1938, 13 years before it became a member of the IOC and when it was still part of the Dutch Empire

Admittedly they qualified because of walkover wins over Japan and the USA.

[JoshMartini007 2,762]

8 hours ago, hckošice said:

Anyway, another 3 free quotas for concacaf is too much, I think

 

But congrats to all of them ofc 

FIFA had an opportunity to better balance the distribution. I would have taken one from Asia and CONCACAF and given them to Europe and then allow Europe two entrants to the inter-continental play-offs

[Henry_Leon 1,586]

Today at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, the draw for FIFA Play-Off Tournament  and European play-off, the ceremony beginning at 13:00 CET. 

 

22 nations will play for the last 6 place at FIFA world Cup 2026

 

 

FIFA Play-Off Tournament 6 teams (2 places)

 

• Congo DR seeded first will be automatically allocated to final 1
• Iraq seeded second will be automatically allocated to final 2

 

The four remaining teams, will be allocated to the team pot.

Two winner of match 1 and match 2 will play in Finals.

Jamaica and Suriname can't play each other.

 

• Jamaica 
•  Bolivia
• Suriname
• New Caledonia

 

European play-off 16 teams (4 places)

 

Each play-off path is composed of two semi-final pairings of one seeded team and one unseeded team: pot 1 v. pot 4 and pot 2 v. pot 3.

The seeded teams will be drawn to play the play-off semi-finalat home. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the play-off final.

For each play-off final, a draw is conducted in advance to determine which semi-final winner will play at home.

 

Pot 1 (seeded)					Pot 2	Pot 3	pot 4
Italy					Poland	Ireland	Sweden
Denmark					Wales	Albania	Romania
Turkey					Czech Republic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	North Macedonia
Ukraine					Slovakia	Kosovo	Northern Ireland

 

 

 

Edited November 19 by Henry_Leon

[Henry_Leon 1,586]

FIFA Play-Off Tournament draw (2 places)

 

 

New Caledonia  vs  Jamaica

(winner vs  Congo DR)

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 Bolivia  vs  Suriname

(winner vs  Iraq)

Edited November 20 by Henry_Leon

[Henry_Leon 1,586]

Waiting European draw 

[Henry_Leon 1,586]

Path A 

 

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Edited November 20 by Henry_Leon

[Henry_Leon 1,586]

European draw

 

Path A  (final at home winner SF 2)

 

SF 1   vs 

SF 2   vs

 

Path B  (final at home winner SF 3)

 

SF 3   vs  

SF 4   vs  

 

Path C  (final at home winner SF 6)

 

SF 5  vs  

SF 6  vs  

 

Path D   (final at home winner SF 8)

 

SF 7  vs  

SF 8  vs  

 

 

[Faramir 445]

I think it will be Wales, Poland, Turkey, Czechia/Ireland. 

[LDOG 2,464]

Wales, Ukraine, Turkey, ROI

 

 

 

Honestly the only teams I'd be shocked to see qualifying are Romania, NI, Macedonia and Albania. Everyone else has a more than fair chance in my eyes.

 

 

 

Edited November 20 by LDOG