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WEEKLY WHINE

Men’s World Cup expansion: Who, specifically?

Last week, we gave you the qualifying format for the 2026 Men’s World Cup, the first to involve 48 teams at the final tournament. Now, let us find out how the qualifying will play out.

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS

Direct qualifiers: 4
Repechage participants: 0

We have allocated four automatic qualifying places: three for the host nations, and one for the 2022 Men’s World Cup champion, which will obviously be the Netherlands.

Edvard would like it to be known that he in no way endorses this prediction and is not willing to play any part in the jinx that we have just applied to the Netherlands.

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS
DEFENDING CHAMPION
¤Netherlands
HOST NATIONS
¤Canada
¤Mexico
¤United States

CONMEBOL

Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol
Current members: 10
Direct qualifiers: 2
Repechage participants: 5

GROUP PHASE
1¤Argentina
2¤Uruguay
3»Colombia
4»Brazil
5»Peru
6»Chile
7»Venezuela
8×Bolivia
9×Ecuador
10×Paraguay

UEFA

Union of European Football Associations
Current members: 55
Direct qualifiers: 12
Repechage participants: 12

GROUP PHASE
GROUP 1
1¤Germany
2»Montenegro
3×Bosnia-Herzegovina
4×Moldova
5×Luxembourg
GROUP 2
1¤Ireland Rep
2»Greece
3×Serbia
4×Estonia
5×Latvia
GROUP 3
1¤Portugal
2»Sweden
3×Lithuania
4×Albania
5×Andorra
GROUP 4
1¤Denmark
2»Israel
3×Iceland
4×Cyprus
5×San Marino
GROUP 5
1¤Poland
2»Slovenia
3×Romania
4×Georgia
5×Macedonia FYR
GROUP 6
1¤Czech Rep
2»Turkey
3×Bulgaria
4×Gibraltar
5×Liechtenstein
GROUP 7
1¤England
2»Croatia
3×Slovakia
4×Kosovo
GROUP 8
1¤Belgium
2»France
3×Kazakhstan
4×Norway
GROUP 9
1¤Ukraine
2»Wales
3×Finland
4×Belarus
GROUP 10
1¤Switzerland
2»Northern Ireland
3×Scotland
4×Azerbaijan
GROUP 11
1¤Hungary
2»Spain
3×Austria
4×Faroe Is
GROUP 12
1¤Italy
2»Armenia
3×Russia
4×Malta

CAF

Confédération Africaine de Football
Current members: 54
Direct qualifiers: 6
Repechage participants: 6

FINAL ROUND
GROUP 1
1¤Congo DR
2»Togo
3×Algeria
4×Burkina Faso
5×Uganda
6×Sudan
GROUP 2
1¤Egypt
2»Cameroon
3×Congo
4×Sierra Leone
5×Niger
6×Burundi
GROUP 3
1¤Guinea
2»Tunisia
3×Tanzania
4×Zambia
5×Kenya
6×Equatorial Guinea
GROUP 4
1¤Mali
2»Zimbabwe
3×Morocco
4×Liberia
5×Cape Verde Is
6×Swaziland
GROUP 5
1¤Libya
2»Senegal
3×Nigeria
4×Angola
5×Namibia
6×Malawi
GROUP 6
1¤Côte d’Ivoire
2»Gabon
3×Ghana
4×South Africa
5×Benin
6×Gambia

AFC

Asian Football Confederation
Current members: 46
Direct qualifiers: 5
Repechage participants: 5

FINAL ROUND
GROUP 1
1¤Australia
2»China PR
3×United Arab Emirates
4×Palestine
5×India
6×Turkmenistan
GROUP 2
1¤Uzbekistan
2»Bahrain
3×Qatar
4×Afghanistan
5×Kyrgyzstan
6×Korea DPR
GROUP 3
1¤Iran
2»Iraq
3×Thailand
4×Vietnam
5×Philippines
6×Singapore
GROUP 4
1¤Korea Rep
2»Saudi Arabia
3×Indonesia
4×Oman
5×Tajikistan
6×Syria
GROUP 5
1¤Japan
2»Kuwait
3×Jordan
4×Malaysia
5×Lebanon
6×Cambodia
 

CONCACAF

Confederation of North/​Central American and Caribbean Association Football
Current members: 35 [Canada, Mexico, United States to qualify automatically]
Direct qualifiers: 2
Repechage participants: 3

FINAL ROUND
GROUP 1
1¤Costa Rica
2»Trinidad-Tobago
3Cuba
4×Guyana
5×Honduras
6×Curaçao
GROUP 2
1¤Panama
2»Jamaica
3El Salvador
4×Haiti
5×Belize
6×Guatemala
PLAYOFF
»Cuba
×El Salvador

OFC

Oceania Football Confederation
Current members: 11
Direct qualifiers: 1
Repechage participants: 1

FINAL ROUND
1¤New Zealand
2»Papua New Guinea
3×New Caledonia
4×Cook Is
5×Tahiti
6×Fiji

PLAYOFFS

SEEDING PLAYOFFS
Czech Rep
+Argentina
+Iran
Ukraine
Côte d’Ivoire
+Costa Rica
+Australia
Panama
+Japan
Portugal
+Uruguay
Poland
Egypt
+Netherlands
+Switzerland
Mexico
Ireland Rep
+Libya
+Hungary
Guinea
+England
Canada
+Italy
Congo DR
+Belgium
Uzbekistan
Denmark
+Korea Rep
+Germany
United States
New Zealand
+Mali
REPECHAGE PLAYOFFS
¤Greece
×Venezuela
¤Peru
×Zimbabwe
¤France
×Trinidad-Tobago
×Wales
¤Chile
¤Spain
×Saudi Arabia
¤Israel
×Cuba
×Iraq
¤Togo
×Kuwait
¤Slovenia
¤China PR
×Senegal
×Turkey
¤Cameroon
¤Gabon
×Northern Ireland
¤Brazil
×Tunisia
¤Colombia
×Croatia
×Bahrain
¤Montenegro
×Armenia
¤Papua New Guinea
¤Sweden
×Jamaica

FINAL DRAW

POT 1
¤Argentina
¤Australia
¤Belgium
¤Costa Rica
¤England
¤Germany
¤Hungary
¤Iran
¤Italy
¤Japan
¤Korea Rep
¤Libya
¤Mali
¤Netherlands
¤Switzerland
¤Uruguay
POT 2
¤Canada
¤Congo DR
¤Côte d’Ivoire
¤Czech Rep
¤Denmark
¤Egypt
¤Guinea
¤Ireland Rep
¤Mexico
¤New Zealand
¤Panama
¤Poland
¤Portugal
¤Ukraine
¤United States
¤Uzbekistan
POT 3
¤Brazil
¤Cameroon
¤Chile
¤China PR
¤Colombia
¤France
¤Gabon
¤Greece
¤Israel
¤Montenegro
¤Papua New Guinea
¤Peru
¤Slovenia
¤Spain
¤Sweden
¤Togo

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