World Cup 2026

[Silver Fox]

Halfway through third round CONCACAF qualifying - group winners go to the World Cup, groups currently led by Suriname, Curacao and Honduras.

Those #lads must of been as pleased with the choice of hosts as the hosts themselves

[Sutekh]

The World Cup draw takes place on 5 December at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

The outstanding UEFA play off games will be played in March 2026.

[Hendo]

[Clyde1998]

Qatar beat the UAE 2-1 to qualify themselves today. The winners of Saudi Arabia vs Iraq will also qualify.

The UAE and the losers of that game will go into a two-legged play-off in November for the intercontinental play-offs.

[Clyde1998]

The World Cup draw takes place on 5 December at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

The outstanding UEFA play off games will be played in March 2026.

Does mean the UEFA and inter-confederation play-off winners will be in Pot 4 - so sides like Italy and Turkey.

After last night's games, FootballMeetsData suggested the pots will be (based on projected qualifiers):

1. United States; Mexico; Canada; Spain; Argentina; France; England; Portugal; Brazil; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany
2. Croatia; Morocco; Colombia; Uruguay; Switzerland; Senegal; Denmark; Japan; Iran; South Korea; Ecuador; Australia
3. Austria; Panama; Norway; Egypt; Algeria; Paraguay; Tunisia; Ivory Coast; Costa Rica; Uzbekistan; Saudi Arabia; South Africa
4. UAE; Jordan; Cape Verde; Jamaica; Ghana; New Zealand; Italy (play-off); Turkey (play-off); Ukraine (play-off); Scotland (play-off); Bolivia (play-off); DR Congo (play-off)

Think Qatar beating the UAE would put them in Pot 3, ahead of South Africa.

[Silver Fox]

Updated qualifiers list, with Europe joining the party

Canada
Mexico
USA
Japan
New Zealand
Iran
Argentina
Jordan
Korea Republic
Uzbekistan
Australia
Ecuador
Brazil
Uruguay
Paraguay
Colombia
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
Algeria
Ghana
Cabo Verde
South Africa
Qatar
England
Senegal
Cote D'Ivoire
Saudi Arabia

[Winston Biscuit]

ICH

[6ft Kerplunk]

This international break felt like its went on for about a month.

[Sanguine]

African teams into the regional play-offs - Gabon v Nigeria, DR Congo v Cameroon, winners play each other to determine African representative in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Asia will be represented at those play-offs by Iraq or UAE.

[Hendo]

African teams into the regional play-offs - Gabon v Nigeria, DR Congo v Cameroon, winners play each other to determine African representative in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Asia will be represented at those play-offs by Iraq or UAE.

Benin really shit the bed losing 4-0 to Nigeria.

[Sanguine]

African teams into the regional play-offs - Gabon v Nigeria, DR Congo v Cameroon, winners play each other to determine African representative in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Asia will be represented at those play-offs by Iraq or UAE.

Benin really shit the bed losing 4-0 to Nigeria.

They did. And in doing so helped Nigeria push Burkina Faso out of the playoff spots by one goal.