The 2026 World Cup will be hosted in Canada, USA and Mexico.

In Europe, 55 nations will compete for 16 golden tickets across the Atlantic.

The Atlantic Ocean

Let's head to Europe

2024 Nations League

Europe's competing nations are sorted into 4 Leagues (A-D) as shown.

November 2024

The Nations League group stage is finished!

We'll get back to the Nations league later..

December 2024

In Zurich, the draws for the European World Cup Qualifiers are held.

This time, we divide Europe into 12 groups of four and five teams.

November 2025

After facing each other twice, we conclude the qualifiers group stage.

The 12 group winners are qualified for the 2026 World Cup.

The 12 runner ups, will join the playoffs for the last 4 spots in the World Cup.

Remeber Nations League?

An additional 4 entries for the playoffs will be selected from the best 4 group winners from the Nations League, that finished outside top two in their qualifiing group.

Any nations not highlighted, will not qualify for the World Cup

The qualifier runner ups will be seeded in pot 1-3 by their fifa rank, while the nations from Nations league will not be seeded.

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