FIFA World Cup 2026: Which teams have qualified? Here’s a list breaking them all down.

DALLAS — The 2026 FIFA World Cup is just around the corner, folks! 

The biggest World Cup in history will be here before you know it. 

More teams. More games. More hype. 

The field has been increased from 32 to 48 for the first time since 1998. 

As host nations, the United States, Mexico and Canada automatically qualify for the tournament. In the March 2025 window, we started seeing non-host nations qualify for the World Cup. The first to accomplish this feat was Japan on March 20. By the end of the March qualification window, four more had punched their tickets.

In the June qualification window, five more teams clinched qualification, bringing the total to 13 teams out of the 48.

The next opportunity for nations to clinch their World Cup berths is in the fall window of September, October and November window. After that, most of the field will be complete.

Here is where the teams in the World Cup will be coming from:

• AFC (Asia): 8 teams
  • Japan
  • Iran
  • Uzbekistan
  • Jordan
  • South Korea
  • Australia
  • TBD
  • TBD
• CAF (Africa): 9 teams
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
• Concacaf (North and Central America, plus the Caribbean): United States, Mexico, Canada+ 3 more teams
• CONMEBOL (South America): 6 teams
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Ecuador
  • Colombia
  • Uruguay
  • Paraguay
• OFC (Oceania): 1 team
  • New Zealand
• UEFA (Europe): 16 teams
• Inter-confederation playoff: 2 teams
  • Two teams will get the final spots via a six-team tournament played out among one AFC team, one CAF team, two CONCACAF teams, one CONMEBOL team and one OFC team. UEFA does not get a team in the playoff.
    • OFC representative: New Caledonia
    • CAF representative: TBD
    • AFC representative: TBD
    • CONCACAF representatives: TBD / TBD
    • CONMEBOL representative: TBD

When is FIFA qualifying?

Most of the field will be complete by the end of 2025 (42 of the 48 participants).

• AFC (Asia): AFC’s qualifying process ends in mid-November.
• CAF (Africa): The next slate of FIFA qualifying matches is in early September. CAF’s qualifying process ends in mid-November. 
• Concacaf (North and Central America, plus the Caribbean): United States, Mexico, Canada have all been given auto bids as host nations. The next slate of FIFA qualifying matches is in early June. CONCACAF’s qualifying process for its last three slots ends in mid-November.
• CONMEBOL (South America): CONMEBOL’s qualifying process ends in September.
• OFC (Oceania): The OFC’s World Cup qualifying is over. New Zealand won the OFC bid. 
• UEFA (Europe): The next slate of FIFA qualifying matches is in early September. Then, there will be another slate of matches in early October and mid-November. UEFA’s qualifying process ends in March 2026 (playoff for UEFA’s final four spots), just months before the FIFA World Cup begins. 
• Inter-confederation playoff: The six teams remaining from their respective conferences will fight for the final two spots in March 2026.