The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has officially released the names of all the countries that are participating in the 2026 edition of the world’s most famous sporting event, the FIFA World Cup.
The tournament, to be co-hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, and expanded by FIFA to accommodate 48 nations, would hold from June 11 to July 19, with 104 matches.
Argentina are the champions and will defend their title alongside five other South American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay. They will be joined by five North and Central American nations, including the three co-hosts, the USA, Mexico, and Canada, and the trio of Haiti, Panama, and Curaçao, the tiny country set to debut in the World Cup.
The 10 African countries completing the line-up of nations expected to put on a spectacle in the summer are Morocco, Senegal, the Ivory Coast, Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Tunisia, Cape Verde, and the DR Congo.
The 16 European nations expected are France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, England, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
New Zealand is the only representative from Oceania, while the nine Asian countries are Japan, Australia, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan, and Iraq.
Full list of all the teams with their groups
Group A
Mexico
South Africa
South Korea
Czechia
Group B
Canada
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar
Switzerland
Group C
Brazil
Morocco
Haiti
Scotland
Group D
United States
Paraguay
Australia
Turkiye
Group E
Germany
Curacao
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
Group F
Netherlands
Japan
Sweden
Tunisia
Group G
Belgium
Egypt
Iran
New Zealand
Group H
Spain
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
Group I
France
Senegal
Iraq
Norway
Group J
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan
Group K
Portugal
Congo DR
Uzbekistan
Colombia
Group L
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama
Source: The Cable
