The 2026 World Cup draw is on December 5 in Washington. Up to date match schedule, together with stadiums and kick-off instances, will likely be launched on December 6.
IMAGE: The FIFA World Cup trophy. {Photograph}: The FIFA World Cup trophy
Spain can not meet Argentina and France won’t face England earlier than the World Cup ultimate — supplied they win their teams — after FIFA on Tuesday introduced the draw process.
The rule goals to take care of aggressive steadiness within the expanded 48-team format, making certain the top-ranked group (Spain) and quantity two (World champions Argentina) are in reverse halves of the bracket, with the identical making use of to quantity three (France) and quantity 4 (England).
The highest 4 seeded international locations won’t be able to satisfy till the semi-finals for the primary time within the match’s historical past if these groups win their teams.
The 2026 World Cup draw takes place on December 5 in Washington, with the up to date match schedule, together with stadiums and kick-off instances, to be launched on December 6.
Hosts Canada, Mexico and the US are in Pot 1, which incorporates Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Pot 2 has Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, South Korea, Ecuador, Austria and Australia.
Pot 3 will embrace Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.
Pot 4 will likely be Jordan, Cape Verde, Ghana, Curacao, Haiti, New Zealand, and the winners from the European play-off A, B, C and D, and the FIFA Play-Off match 1 and a pair of.
Confederation constraints will apply, with no group having a couple of group from the identical area besides UEFA, which has 16 representatives and may place as much as two groups in a gaggle.
The match within the US, Mexico and Canada kicks off on June 11, with the ultimate on July 19 in New Jersey.
