Each country is qualified so far

North America will host the World Cup Great in History in 2026, with more countries than ever before the competition for the largest football stage.

Rehabilitation has now begun in all member associations, and the journey will be arduous for many. The operation began to return October 2023 to some.

The expanded championship opens opportunities for greater representation around the world, with each federation features more guaranteed locations in the World Cup than ever.

With the largest part of the qualified campaigns that conclude by the end of the year, here is an overview of the nations that reserved their place in 2026 World Cup.

For the first time in the history of the World Cup, 48 teams will compete in the tournament. From 1998 to 2022, the World Cup was the championship of 32 teams.

FIFA Initially, she planned for her expanded competitor to involve 16 groups of three teams, but the excitement concerned with the four groups that were provided in Qatar said that the group stage in 2026 will include 12 groups of four and 32 teams will advance to the knockout.

There is already talk about FIFA’s desire to eventually make the World Cup a championship from 64 countries as soon as 2030, which means that 2026 may be the only competition 48 teams.

12 of the 22 World Cup has been won by a European country and UEFA, due to the size of the union and the previous results, it has the most direct holes of the 2026 World Cup.

The qualification in Europe began in March 2025 and will not conclude until March 2026, just two months before the start of the tournament. 16 countries are guaranteed in North America, with the winners of the 12th Group joining four winners.

Three countries have been called in South America: Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay holders.

Only ten teams participate in the Conmebol qualifiers, however at least six in the 2026 World Cup will compete. There is one spot of the homogeneous match as well.

Those who are ending in the first six places of the qualified schedule at the time will reserve their places, while the seventh place will compete in the qualifiers.

The hosts are automatically qualified for the championship, so the United States of America, Canada and Mexico do not participate in the rehabilitation process in Concacaf.

The qualifiers are a three -stage process, as the third and final round included 12 teams that will be attracted to three of the four groups. The winners of the three groups will join the hosts in the 2026 World Cup, while the best two of the second place will qualify for the qualifiers between the wings.

In March 2025, Japan became the first country outside the three hosts to qualify for the 2026 World Cup by Group C in the third round of the AFC qualifiers. They are one of the eight members of the AFC who will qualify for the tournament, and there is one match between the continents open to one of the second place in the fourth round.

There will be nine African descent representatives in the championship outside the historic Morocco campaign in 2022. The winners of the nine group will qualify for CAF qualifications, and there is a place in the identical qualifiers in one of the four best equal performance.

New Zealand has returned to the World Cup through the qualifications of off, while New Calidonia will participate in the homogeneous qualifiers. Australia will look forward to joining their neighbors in the oceans in North America, but they have a job to do in their AFC qualified group.

Australia and New Zealand competed in the same World Cup once before (2010).

The World Cup will hold 48 teams in North America, with all hosting matches in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico in the tournament. 11 out of 16 places playing a host in the United States, with three Mexican cities and two Canadian cities.

2026 is the first World Cup for North America since the United States held the tournament in 1994 and the first to be held in three countries.

The Metlife Stadium, the home of the New York Giants and Jets team, was chosen to host the final on July 19.

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