FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers

The final six nations have secured their places at the
2026 FIFA World Cup to join 39 other qualified teams – and
host nations USA, Mexico and Canada – in the tournament

Play-off winners
Tournaments (inc. 2026)

NORTH AMERICA
3 Canada		Group stage 1986, 2022
18 Mexico	Quarter-final 1970, 86
12 USA		Third-place 1930
2 Panama		Group stage 2018
1 Curaçao	Debut
2 Haiti		Group stage 1974

SOUTH AMERICA
19 Argentina	3-time winner
5 Ecuador	Round of 16, 2006
7 Colombia	Quarter-final 2014
15 Uruguay	Winner 1930, 1950
23 Brazil	5-time winner
9 Paraguay	Quarter-final 2010

OCEANIA
3 New Zealand	Groups 1982, 2010


EUROPE
21 Germany	4-time winner
13 Switzerland	3-time quarter-final
9 Scotland	8-time group stage
17 France	Winner 1998, 2018
17 Spain		Winner 2010
9 Portugal	Third-place 1966
12 Netherlands	3-time final
8 Austria	Third-place 1954
4 Norway		Round of 16, 1998
15 Belgium	Third-place 2018
17 England	Winner 1966
7 Croatia	Final 2018
2 Bosnia-Herz.	Group stage 2014
12 Sweden	Final 1957
3 Turkey		Third-place 2002
10 Czechia*	Final 1934, 1962

ASIA
7 Iran		6-time group stage
12 South Korea	Fourth place 2002
8 Japan		4-time round of 16
1 Uzbekistan	Debut
1 Jordan		Debut
7 Australia	Round of 16, 2006, 22
2 Qatar		Group stage 2022
7 Saudi Arabia	Round of 16, 1994
2 Iraq		Group stage 1986

AFRICA
4 Egypt		Group stage 1990, 2018
4 Senegal	Quarter-final 2002
4 South Africa	3-time group stage
1 Cape Verde	Debut
7 Morocco	Fourth-place 2022
4 Côte d’Ivoire	3-time group stage
5 Algeria	Round of 16, 2014
7 Tunisia	6-time group stage
5 Ghana		Quarter-finals 2010
2 DR Congo	Group stage 1974

Source: FIFA
*Includes Czechoslovakia (Czechia) and Zaire (DR Congo)
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