The draw to determine the groups for the 2026 World Cup is currently underway in Washington, D.C.
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino says the event will be “Like 104 super bowls in one month.”
The competition will be hosted in Canada, Mexico, and the United States over the summer. Mexico will host in three different cities, the U.S have 11 stadiums that will host games, and games in Canada will either be played in Vancouver or Toronto.
The last World Cup was hosted in Qatar in 2022, Canada qualified for the 2022 World Cup marking the nations first qualification after 36 years.
This will be the first time in history that 48 nations are competing in the World Cup.
The three countries automatically qualified as host nations.
The groups currently look like this:
Group A
- Mexico
- Korea Republic
- South Africa
- Denmark/North Macedonia/Czechia/Republic of Ireland
Group B
- Canada
- Switzerland
- Qatar
- Italy/Northern Ireland/Wales/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group C
- Brazil
- Morocco
- Scotland
- Haiti
Group D
- USA
- Australia
- Paraguay
- Turkey/Romania/Slovakia/Kosovo
Group E
- Germany
- Ecuador
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Curaçao
Group F
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Tunisia
- Ukraine/Sweden/Poland/Albania
Group G
- Belgium
- IR Iran
- Egypt
- Unknown
Group H
- Spain
- Uruguay
- Saudi Arabia
- Cabo Verde
Group I
- France
- Senegal
- Norway
- Iraq/Bolivia/Suriname
Group J
- Argentina
- Austria
- Algeria
- Jordan
Group K
- Portugal
- Colombia
- Uzbekistan
- Unknown
Group L
- England
- Croatia
- Panama
- Unknown
Mexico has hosted the tournament twice previously, while the U.S. has hosted just once before.
This will be the first time Canada has hosted the men’s World Cup, as it hosted the women’s World Cup in 2015.
This will be only the third time Canada has competed in the World Cup; they previously qualified for Mexico in 1986 and for Qatar in the most recent World Cup in 2022.
Canada will attempt to win their first game in World Cup history in 2026.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off June, 11.
