{"id":1079,"date":"2025-11-19T00:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:42:37","slug":"national-teams-that-have-qualified-for-the-2026-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/national-teams-that-have-qualified-for-the-2026-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"National teams that have qualified for 2026 FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The field for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is steadily taking shape as national teams around the globe confirm their places for the tournament, which will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The qualification race, which began on 7 September 2023 with 206 teams competing for 48 spots, has already delivered drama, breakthroughs and historic firsts.<\/p>\n<p>From early clinchers in Asia to tense, late-cycle deciders in Africa and South America, the road to 2026 has underscored both the dominance of traditional powers and the rise of ambitious chasing nations.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the national teams that have qualified so far, sorted by the dates of their qualification.<\/p>\n<h3>CONCACAF (6)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Canada &#8211; 14 February 2023<\/li>\n<li>Mexico &#8211; 14 February 2023<\/li>\n<li>USA &#8211; 14 February 2023<\/li>\n<li>Panama &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Haiti &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Curacao &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5s9-lgUegK8?si=dVCwZdywjBVTJxWi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>AFC (8)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Japan &#8211; 20 March 2025<\/li>\n<li>Iran &#8211; 25 March 2025<\/li>\n<li>Jordan &#8211; 5 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>South Korea &#8211; 5 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>Uzbekistan &#8211; 5 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>Australia &#8211; 10 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>Qatar &#8211; 14 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Saudi Arabia &#8211; 14 October 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>CONMEBOL (6)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Argentina &#8211; 25 March 2025<\/li>\n<li>Brazil &#8211; 10 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>Ecuador &#8211; 10 June 2025<\/li>\n<li>Colombia &#8211; 4 September 2025<\/li>\n<li>Paraguay &#8211; 4 September 2025<\/li>\n<li>Uruguay &#8211; 4 September 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVOCce5ejCY?si=Qk1TABLYna40lynv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>CAF (9)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Morocco &#8211; 5 September 2025<\/li>\n<li>Tunisia &#8211; 8 September 2025<\/li>\n<li>Egypt &#8211; 8 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Algeria &#8211; 9 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Ghana &#8211; 12 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Cape Verde &#8211; 13 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Ivory Coast &#8211; 14 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>Senegal &#8211; 14 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>South Africa &#8211; 14 October 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NXOud2vV5oU?si=7ssESwDuk2nKz7Lx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>UEFA (16)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>England &#8211; 14 October 2025<\/li>\n<li>France &#8211; 13 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Croatia &#8211; 14 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Portugal &#8211; 16 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Norway &#8211; 16 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Germany &#8211; 17 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Netherlands &#8211; 17 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Belgium &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Austria &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Spain &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Scotland &#8211; 18 November 2025<\/li>\n<li><em>TBC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>TBC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>TBC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>TBC<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>OFC (1)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>New Zealand &#8211; 24 March 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Play-offs (2)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><em>TBC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>TBC<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The field for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is steadily taking shape as national teams around the globe confirm their places for the tournament, which will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. The qualification race, which began on 7 September 2023 with 206 teams competing for 48 spots, has already delivered drama, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/national-teams-that-have-qualified-for-the-2026-fifa-world-cup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National teams that have qualified for 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[418,127],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}