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World Cup 2026 · The field

48 nations, one trophy.

Every team that qualified for the biggest World Cup ever — ranked, sorted by confederation, and drawn into 12 groups on the road to the final at MetLife Stadium.

48 teams · 12 groups

48

Qualified nations

12

Groups, A–L

6

Confederations

3

Host nations

32

Reach the knockouts

The biggest field ever

For the first time, 48 nations contest the World Cup — 16 more than in 2022. They are drawn into 12 groups of four, A to L. The top two of every group plus the eight best third-placed teams advance to a brand-new Round of 32. Below is every team that made it — by ranking, by region, and by group.

Title contenders

The highest-ranked nations in the field, by FIFA World Ranking — the favourites to go deep in July.

★ Top of the rankings

France

France

FRA · World #1 · Group I

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Strongest → next

FIFA World Rankings

Every nation in the field by current FIFA World Ranking, strongest first.

  1. 1France flagFranceGrp I#1
  2. 2Spain flagSpainGrp H#2
  3. 3Argentina flagArgentinaGrp J#3
  4. 4England flagEnglandGrp L#4
  5. 5Portugal flagPortugalGrp K#5
  6. 6Brazil flagBrazilGrp C#6
  7. 7Netherlands flagNetherlandsGrp F#7
  8. 8Morocco flagMoroccoGrp C#8
  9. 9Belgium flagBelgiumGrp G#9
  10. 10Germany flagGermanyGrp E#10
  11. 11Croatia flagCroatiaGrp L#11
  12. 12Colombia flagColombiaGrp K#13
  13. 13Senegal flagSenegalGrp I#14
  14. 14Mexico flagMexicoGrp A#15
  15. 15USA flagUSAGrp D#16
  16. 16Uruguay flagUruguayGrp H#17
  17. 17Japan flagJapanGrp F#18
  18. 18Switzerland flagSwitzerlandGrp B#19
  19. 19Iran flagIranGrp G#21
  20. 20Türkiye flagTürkiyeGrp D#22
  21. 21Ecuador flagEcuadorGrp E#23
  22. 22Austria flagAustriaGrp J#24
  23. 23South Korea flagSouth KoreaGrp A#25
  24. 24Australia flagAustraliaGrp D#27
  25. 25Algeria flagAlgeriaGrp J#28
  26. 26Egypt flagEgyptGrp G#29
  27. 27Canada flagCanadaGrp B#30
  28. 28Norway flagNorwayGrp I#31
  29. 29Panama flagPanamaGrp L#33
  30. 30Ivory Coast flagIvory CoastGrp E#34
  31. 31Sweden flagSwedenGrp F#38
  32. 32Paraguay flagParaguayGrp D#40
  33. 33Czechia flagCzechiaGrp A#41
  34. 34Scotland flagScotlandGrp C#43
  35. 35Tunisia flagTunisiaGrp F#44
  36. 36DR Congo flagDR CongoGrp K#46
  37. 37Uzbekistan flagUzbekistanGrp K#50
  38. 38Qatar flagQatarGrp B#55
  39. 39Iraq flagIraqGrp I#57
  40. 40South Africa flagSouth AfricaGrp A#60
  41. 41Saudi Arabia flagSaudi ArabiaGrp H#61
  42. 42Jordan flagJordanGrp J#63
  43. 43Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and HerzegovinaGrp B#65
  44. 44Cape Verde flagCape VerdeGrp H#69
  45. 45Ghana flagGhanaGrp L#74
  46. 46Curaçao flagCuraçaoGrp E#82
  47. 47Haiti flagHaitiGrp C#83
  48. 48New Zealand flagNew ZealandGrp G#85

The hosts

Three nations stage the 2026 World Cup — the first time the tournament has been co-hosted by three countries.

Mexico

Host

Mexico

MEX · Group A

Canada

Host

Canada

CAN · Group B

USA

Host

USA

USA · Group D

By confederation

Where the 48 come from — every qualified nation, split across football's six continental confederations.

UEFA

Europe

16

CONMEBOL

South America

6

CONCACAF

North & Central America

6

CAF

Africa

10

AFC

Asia

9

OFC

Oceania

1

All teams, by group

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Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L