Yesterday in Washington, D.C., the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was held โ officially setting the 12 groups for next summerโs expanded 48-team tournament.
The draw delivered a mix of familiar rivals and intriguing match-ups. Host nation Mexico national football team landed in Group A alongside South Africa national football team and South Korea national football team โ plus one more team to come from the UEFA Play-off D, which will feature either Denmark national football team, Czechia national football team, Republic of Ireland national football team or North Macedonia national football team.
Other headline match-ups include Brazil national football team drawing with Morocco national football team, Scotland national football team and Haiti national football team in Group C, while Germany national football team faces Ivory Coast national football team, Ecuador national football team and Curaรงao national football team in Group E.
With the groups now set, anticipation builds ahead of the tournamentโs kick-off next summer across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Fans already are eyeing possible โgroups of deathโ, early derbies, and the drama that comes with a larger, more diverse World Cup field.ย
Group A
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๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
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๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
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๐ฐ๐ท Korea
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| ๐จ๐ฟ / ๐ฎ๐ช / ๐ฉ๐ฐ / ๐ฒ๐ฐ UEFA Path D winner |
Group B
| ๐จ๐ฆ Canada |
| ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland |
| ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar |
| ๐ฎ๐น / ๐ง๐ฆ / ๐ณ๐ฎ / ๐ฟ๐ผ UEFA Play-off A winner |
Group C
| ๐ง๐ท Brazil |
| ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco |
| ๐ญ๐น Haiti |
| ๐ด Scotland |
Group D
| ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| ๐ต๐พ Paraguay |
| ๐ฆ๐บ Australia |
| ๐น๐ท / ๐ธ๐ฐ / ๐ฝ๐ฐ / ๐ท๐ด UEFA Play-off C winner |
Group E
| ๐ฉ๐ช Germany |
| ๐จ๐ผ Curaรงao |
| ๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast |
| ๐ช๐จ Ecuador |
Group F
| ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Japan |
| ๐ธ๐ช / ๐ต๐ฑ / ๐ฆ๐ฑ / ๐บ๐ฆ UEFA Play-off B winner |
| ๐น๐ณ Tunisia |
Group G
| ๐ง๐ช Belgium |
| ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt |
| ๐ฎ๐ท Iran |
| ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand |
Group H
| ๐ช๐ธ Spain |
| ๐บ๐พ Uruguay |
| ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia |
| ๐จ๐ป Cabo Verde |
Group I
| ๐ซ๐ท France |
| ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal |
| ๐ณ๐ด Norway |
| ๐ง๐ด / ๐ฎ๐ถ / ๐ธ๐ท FIFA Play-off 2 winner |
Group J
| ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina |
| ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria |
| ๐ฆ๐น Austria |
| ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan |
Group K
| ๐ต๐น Portugal |
| ๐จ๐ด Colombia |
| ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan |
| ๐จ๐ฉ / ๐ฏ๐ฒ / ๐ณ๐จ FIFA Play-off 1 winner |
Group L
| ๐ฌ๐ง England |
| ๐ญ๐ท Croatia |
| ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana |
| ๐ต๐ฆ Panama |
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