User:EA3S07/2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification

WARNING! THAT'S MY OPINION 215+11=226 Teams Joined for Qualifiers with 3 teams will be entered with Preparition matches (Bonaire and Tuvalu joined in 2023)

Preparition Matches

UEFA

Team	Pts
Aland Islands	8
Greenland	5
Isle of Man	4

CAF

Team	Pts
Reunion	8
Mayotte	5
Saint Helena	4

AFC

Team	Pts
Marshall Islands	8
Kiribati	5
Micronesia	4

Match days

Preparition = April 2024 Matchday 1 = September 2024 Matchday 2 = October 2024 Matchday 3 = November 2024 Matchday 4 = February 2025 Matchday 5 = March 2025 Play-offs = September 2025

Available places

Confederation	Available Places
UEFA	16
CAF	9
AFC	8
CONCACAF	6
CONMEBOL	3 Qualified Teams + 3 Hosts
OFC	1
Play-offs	2
Total	48

Drawing

Teams selected as of FIFA World Rankings In October 2023 (UEFA Rank) and national stadiums

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Spain (1, Camp Nou) Portugal (2, Estadio da Luz) Netherlands (3, Johann Cruyff Arena) England (4, Wembley Stadium) Belgium (5, King Baudouin) Croatia (6, Stadion Poljud) Serbia (7, Rajko Mitic) Germany (8, Estadio da Luz)	France (9, Stade de France) Denmark (10, Parken Stadium) Ukraine (11, NSC Olimplimsky) Switzerland (12, St Jakob Park) Poland (13, Stadion Narodowy) Russia [May be play] (14, Luzhniki Stadium) Turkey (15, Atatürk Olympic Stadium) Italy (16, San Siro)	Sweden (17, Friends Arena) Czech Republic (18, Eden Arena) Wales (19, Cardiff City) Norway (20, Ullevann Stadion) Austria (21, Ernst Happel) Scotland (22, Celtic Park) Romania (23, Arena Nationala) Greece (24, Stadio Louis)
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Hungary (25, Puskas Arena) Slovakia (26) Finland (27) Bosnia and Herzegovina (28) Macedonia (29) Iceland (30) Ireland (31) Slovenia (32)	Bulgaria (33) Northern Ireland (34) Israel (35) Montenegro (36) Belarus (37) Albania (38) Cyprus (39) Georgia (40)	Luxembourg (41) Faroe Islands (42) Kazakhstan (43) Armenia (44) Azerbaijan (45) Lithuania (46) Estonia (47) Moldova (48)

Pot 7
Andorra (49) Kosovo (50) Latvia (51) Liechtenstein (52) Malta (53) San Marino (54) Gibraltar (55) Preparition Match Winner

Groups

Group A

Team	Pts
Belgium	21
Denmark	15
Greece	12
Slovenia	8
Georgia	6
Lithuania	3
Liechtenstein	1

Group B

Team	Pts
Serbia	21
Switzerland	15
Norway	12
Belarus	8
Northern Ireland	6
Estonia	3
Gibraltar	1

Group C

Team	Pts
Portugal	21
Russia	15
Wales	12
Slovakia	8
Albania	6
Faroe Islands	3
Malta	1

Group D

Team	Pts
England	21
Ukraine	15
Czech Republic	12
Finland	8
Bulgaria	6
Luxembourg	3
Andorra	1

Group E

Team	Pts
Spain	21
Poland	15
Austria	12
Ireland	8
Israel	6
Armenia	3
Aland Islands (Preparition Match Winner)	1

Group F

Team	Pts
Croatia	21
Turkey	15
Sweden	12
Hungary	8
Cyprus	6
Moldova	3
San Marino	1

Group G

Team	Pts
Netherlands	21
Germany	15
Scotland	12
Macedonia	8
Belarus	6
Kazakhstan	3
Latvia	1

Group H

Team	Pts
France	21
Italy	15
Romania	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8
Montenegro	6
Azerbaijan	3
Kosovo	1

AFC

Drawing

Teams selected as of FIFA World Rankings In October 2023 (AFC Rank)

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Iran (1) Australia (2) Japan (3) United Arab Emirates (4) Qatar (5) South Korea (6) Iraq (7) China (8)	Saudi Arabia (9) Oman (10) Bahrain (11) Jordan (12) Uzbekistan (13) Vietnam (14) Kyrgyzstan (15) North Korea (16)	India (17) Kuwait (18) Phillippines (19) Lebanon (20) Turkmenistan (21) Thailand (22) Syria (23) Palestine (24)
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Hong Kong (25) Taiwan (26) Malaysia (27) Myanmar (28) Indonesia (29) Yemen (30) Afghanistan (31) Tajikistan (32)	Pakistan (33) Singapore (34) Macau (35) Bangladesh (36) Sri Lanka (37) Nepal (38) Laos (39) Bhutan (40)	Cambodia (41) Maldives (42) Mongolia (43) Brunei (44) Guam (45) East Timor (46) Northern Mariana Islands (47) Preparition Match Winner

Groups

Group A

Team	Pts
Iraq	21
Uzbekistan	15
Lebanon	12
Malaysia	8
Bangladesh	6
Brunei	3

Group B

Team	Pts
UAE	21
Jordan	15
Thailand	12
Taiwan	8
Singapore	6
Guam	3

Group C

Team	Pts
China	21
Bahrain	15
India	12
Afghanistan	8
Macau	6
Mongolia	3

Group D

Team	Pts
Australia	21
Oman	15
Philippines	12
Indonesia	8
Tajikistan	6
Maldives	3

Group E

Team	Pts
Japan	21
North Korea	15
Turkmenistan	12
Hong Kong	8
Sri Lanka	6
Cambodia	3

Group F

Team	Pts
Qatar	21
Kyrgyzstan	15
Kuwait	12
Nepal	8
Laos	6
Northern Mariana Islands	3

Group G

Team	Pts
Iran	21
Saudi Arabia	15
Syria	12
Palestine	8
Pakistan	6
Bhutan	3

Group H

Team	Pts
South Korea	21
Vietnam	15
Myanmar	12
Macau	8
East Timor	6
Northern Mariana Islands	3

CAF

Drawing

Teams selected as of FIFA World Rankings In October 2023 (CAF Rank)

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Morocco (1) Egypt (2) Nigeria (3) Senegal (4) Cameroon (5) Algeria (6) Ghana (7) Tunisia (8) Democratic republic of Congo (9)	Ivory Coast (10) South Africa (11) Cape Verde (12) Mali (13) Burkina Faso (14) Guinea (15) Uganda (16) Gabon (17) Zambia (18)	Gambbia (19) Congo (20) Equatorial Guinea (21) Kenya (22) Madagascar (23) Mauritania (24) Namibia (25) Libya (26) Guinea-Bissau (27)
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Mozambique (28) Niger (29) Togo (30) Comoros (31) Zimbabwe (32) Angola (33) Sudan (34) Tanzania (35) Malawi (36)	Central African Republic (37) Rwanda (38) Sierra Leone (39) Botswana (40) Burundi (41) Ethiopia (42) South Sudan (43) Swaziland (44) Benin (45)	Liberia (46) Chad (47) Sao Tome and Principe (48) Mauritius (49) Somalia (50) Eritrea (51) Djibouti (52) Seychelles (53) Preparition Match Winner

Groups

Group A

Team	Pts
Senegal	21
Uganda	15
Madagascar	12
Comoros	8
Central African Republic	6
Djibouti	3

Group B

Team	Pts
Tunisia	21
Ivory Coast	15
Namibia	12
Angola	8
Benin	6
Chad	3

Group C

Team	Pts
Egypt	21
Guinea	15
Libya	12
Niger	8
Rwanda	6
Mauritius	3

Group D

Team	Pts
Algeria	21
Burkina Faso	15
Kenya	12
Togo	8
South Sudan	6
Réunion	1

Group E

Team	Pts
Ghana	21
Mali	15
Congo	12
Sudan	8
Swaziland	6
Seychelles	3

Group F

Team	Pts
Nigeria	21
Cape Verde	15
Equatorial Guniea	12
Mozambique	8
Tanzaina	6
Sao Tome and Principe	3

Group G

Team	Pts
DR Congo	21
Mali	15
Guinea Bissau	12
Burundi	8
Malawi	5
Somalia	3

Group H

Team	Pts
Morocco	21
South Africa	15
Maurtania	12
Zimbabwe	8
Sierra Leone	6
Liberia	3

Group I

Team	Pts
Cameroon	21
Zambia	15
Gambia	12
Niger	8
Botswana	6
Mauritius	3

CONCACAF

Drawing

Teams selected as of FIFA World Rankings In October 2023 (CONCACAF Rank) Canada, Mexico and USA selected as Hosts and Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvadoe is qualified

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Panama (1) B Сosta Rica (2) C El Salvador (3) A Honduras (4) E Haiti (5) D	Jamaica (6) D T&T (7) B Guatemala (8) A Antigua and Barbuda (9) E Curaçao (10) C	Suriname (11) B Dominican Republic (12) C Barbados (13) A Saint Kitts and Nevis (14) D Nicaragua (15) E
Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Puerto Rico (16) B Belize (17) C Guyana (18) A Grenada (19) D Saint Lucia (20) E	Saint Vincent & TG (21) D Cuba (22) C Bermuda (23) A Dominica (24) B Aruba (25) E	Bahamas (26) A Montserrat (27) B Cayman Islands (28) D US Virgin Islands (29) C UK Virgin Islands (30) B
Pot 7	Pot 8
Turks and Caicos Islands (31) D Anguilla (32) C French Guiana A Guadeloupe E Bonaire D	Martinique B Saint Pierre and Miquelon D Saint Barthelemy C Sint Maarten A

CONMEBOL

Groups

Team	Pts
Brazil	35
Argentina	32
Colombia	26
Uruguay	21
Peru	15
Ecuador	13
Chile (Play-off)	7
Paraguay	4
Venezuela	4
Bolivia	3

OFC

Team	Pts
New Zealand	35
Tahiti (Play-off)	32
New Caledonia	26
Solomon Islands	21
Papua New Guinea	15
Fiji	13
Vanuatu	7
American Samoa	4
Samoa	4
Tonga	3
Tuvalu	0
Cook Islands	0

Play-offs

CONCACAF

Costa Rica 9-7 Haiti

CONMEBOL/OFC

Chile 9-5 Tahiti

Some Broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster
Germany	ZDF (National)/Sport 1 (UEFA Countries)
Italy	La7
UK (England,Scotland,Wales,Northern Ireland)	ITV and local channels
USA	CBS TV/Paramount+
Japan	Fuji TV
Australia	Ten Network
Turkey	Show TV
Russia (maybe)	TV Chentr
Sweden	SVT
Denmark	DR TV
Netherlands	SBS6
Belgium	RTBF
Canada	CityTV
France	TF1
South Korea	EBS
Brazil	Rede Band
Chile	Canal 13
Argentina	Telefe