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2026 World Cup Draw, Explained: Pots, Seeds, Teams and Format

The draw will allocate 48 teams into 12 groups with hosts assigned to groups and unresolved qualifiers placed in pot four, ensuring confederation separation rules are maintained.

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The three hosts, the United States, Canada and Mexico will be in pot one alongside the world's top teams

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The U.S.-Canada-Mexico 2026 World Cup will be drawn on Friday, December 5, at the Kennedy Center in Washington and the 48 participants (42 confirmed plus the six who will join from the respechajes) will meet their rivals for the group stage and the possible road to the final. Argentina, which was champion in Qatar 2022 arrives as defending champion.The ceremony is scheduled for the 14th (Argentine time).Although it has not yet been officialized,…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The draw for the World Cup will take place on 5 December in Washington, the ÖFB team is in Topf 2. This is the big chance, but also a deep barrel of errors.

·Vienna, Austria
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The draw will determine the 12 groups in the soccer competition.

·Montreal, Canada
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Austria's national team will be pulled out of pot two at the draw for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada on December 5. After an unusually long waiting period, the World Federation FIFA announced the procedure for the big lot show at the John F. Kennedy Center on Tuesday. Thus, the ÖFB-Elf Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, South Korea, Ecuador and Australia will be eliminated as potential oppon…

·Vienna, Austria
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On December 5 the World Cup groups will be drawn in Washington D.C. Switzerland is as expected in pot 2.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
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