It’s time for the much anticipated World Cup 2026 draw live in full as England and the other home nations discover their fate.
This tournament is the biggest ever with 48 teams and 12 groups, and for the draw, those teams will be split into four pots of 12 teams based on FIFA’s current rankings.
The ceremony begins at 5pm, with names to be drawn out just before 6pm (UK time). Scroll down further in this article to see a live stream as it happens.
Pot one will have the host countries, Canada, Mexico, as well as the USA, and also big teams like Brazil, France, England, and Spain, as they rank the highest. Then each group gets one team from each pot.
The hosts get special spots, Mexico in A1, Canada in B1 and USA in D1. This means they’re guaranteed the first position in those groups and play all their games in their own country.
No group can have two teams from the same confederation, so Brazil won’t face Argentina in the group stages for example.
There is an exception for Europe though, which we’ll see four groups have two nations because they have 16 teams in… England in pot 1, and avoid Brazil, France and Spain in the group stages because those teams are also in pot 1. They could only meet them later in the knockouts if both of them go far.
Scotland are in pot 3, Wales or Northern Ireland could also qualify via the playoffs in March.
Essentially it all means England will face a lower ranked team whilst the other home nations might draw a big side like world champions Argentina.
WORLD CUP POTS:
Pot 1: Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Pot 2: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, Korea Republic, Ecuador, Austria, Australia
Pot 3: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Pot 4: Jordan, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, European Playoff A, B, C and D, FIFA Playoff Tournament 1 and 2
THE PLAYOFFS:
UEFA
Play-off Path A:Semi-final: Italy vs Northern IrelandSemi-final: Wales vs Bosnia and HerzegovinaFinal: Wales/Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Italy/Northern Ireland
UEFA
Play-off Path A:Semi-final: Italy vs Northern IrelandSemi-final: Wales vs Bosnia and HerzegovinaFinal: Wales/Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Italy/Northern Ireland
Play-off Path B:Semi-final: Ukraine vs SwedenSemi-final: Poland vs AlbaniaFinal: Ukraine/Sweden vs Poland/Albania
Play-off Path C:Semi-final: Turkey vs RomaniaSemi-final: Slovakia vs KosovoFinal: Slovakia/Kosovo vs Turkey/Romania
Play-off Path D:Semi-final: Denmark vs North MacedoniaSemi-final: Czech Republic vs Republic of IrelandFinal: Czech Republic/Republic of Ireland vs Denmark/North Macedonia
Inter-confederation
Play-off Path A:Semi-final: New Caledonia vs JamaicaFinal: New Caledonia/Jamaica vs Congo
Play-off Path B:Semi-final: Bolivia vs SurinameFinal: Bolivia/Suriname vs Iraq
WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE DRAW 👇
Group A: Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, Republic of Ireland/Denmark/North Macedonia/Czech Republic
Group B: Canada, Switzerland, Qatar, Wales/Northern Ireland/Italy/Bosnia-Herzegovina
Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti
Group D: USA, Australia, Paraguay, Turkey/Romania/Slovakia/Kosovo
Group E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Curacao
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, Poland/Ukraine/Sweden/Albania
Group G: Belgium, Iran, Egypt, New Zealand
Group H: Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde
Group I: France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq or Bolivia/Suriname
Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan
Group K: Portugal, Colombia, Uzbekistan, DR Congo or Jamaica/New Caledonia
Group L: England, Croatia, Panama, Ghana
FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage fixtures
Thursday, 11 June 2026Match 1 – Group A (Mexico #1) – Mexico City StadiumMatch 2 – Group A – Estadio Guadalajara
Friday, 12 June 2026Match 3 – Group B (Canada #1) – Toronto StadiumMatch 4 – Group D (USA #1) – Los Angeles Stadium
Saturday, 13 June 2026Match 5 – Group C – Boston StadiumMatch 6 – Group D – BC Place VancouverMatch 7 – Group C – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 8 – Group B – San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
Sunday, 14 June 2026Match 9 – Group E – Philadelphia StadiumMatch 10 – Group E – Houston StadiumMatch 11 – Group F – Dallas StadiumMatch 12 – Group F – Estadio Monterrey
Monday, 15 June 2026Match 13 – Group H – Miami StadiumMatch 14 – Group H – Atlanta StadiumMatch 15 – Group G – Los Angeles StadiumMatch 16 – Group G – Seattle Stadium
Tuesday, 16 June 2026Match 17 – Group I – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 18 – Group I – Boston StadiumMatch 19 – Group J – Kansas City StadiumMatch 20 – Group J – San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
Wednesday, 17 June 2026Match 21 – Group L – Toronto StadiumMatch 22 – Group L – Dallas StadiumMatch 23 – Group K – Houston StadiumMatch 24 – Group K – Mexico City Stadium
Thursday, 18 June 2026Match 25 – Group A – Atlanta StadiumMatch 26 – Group B – Los Angeles StadiumMatch 27 – Group B – (Canada #2) – BC Place VancouverMatch 28 – Group A – (Mexico #2) – Estadio Guadalajara
Friday, 19 June 2026Match 29 – Group C – Philadelphia StadiumMatch 30 – Group C – Boston StadiumMatch 31 – Group D – San Francisco Bay Area StadiumMatch 32 – Group D (USA #2) – Seattle Stadium
Saturday, 20 June 2026Match 33 – Group E – Toronto StadiumMatch 34 – Group E – Kansas City StadiumMatch 35 – Group F – Houston StadiumMatch 36 – Group F – Estadio Monterrey
Sunday, 21 June 2026Match 37 – Group H – Miami StadiumMatch 38 – Group H – Atlanta StadiumMatch 39 – Group G – Los Angeles StadiumMatch 40 – Group G – BC Place Vancouver
Monday, 22 June 2026Match 41 – Group I – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 42 – Group I – Philadelphia StadiumMatch 43 – Group J – Dallas StadiumMatch 44 – Group J – San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
Tuesday, 23 June 2026Match 45 – Group L – Boston StadiumMatch 46 – Group L – Toronto StadiumMatch 47 – Group K – Houston StadiumMatch 48 – Group K – Estadio Guadalajara
Wednesday, 24 June 2026Match 49 – Group C – Miami StadiumMatch 50 – Group C – Atlanta StadiumMatch 51 – Group B (Canada #3) – BC Place VancouverMatch 52 – Group B – Seattle StadiumMatch 53 – Group A – (Mexico #3) – Mexico City StadiumMatch 54 – Group A – Estadio Monterrey
Thursday, 25 June 2026Match 55 – Group E – Philadelphia StadiumMatch 56 – Group E – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 57 – Group F – Dallas StadiumMatch 58 – Group F – Kansas City StadiumMatch 59 – Group D – (USA #3) – Los Angeles StadiumMatch 60 – Group D – San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
Friday, 26 June 2026Match 61 – Group I – Boston StadiumMatch 62 – Group I – Toronto StadiumMatch 63 – Group G – Seattle StadiumMatch 64 – Group G – BC Place VancouverMatch 65 – Group H – Houston StadiumMatch 66 – Group H – Estadio Guadalajara
Saturday, 27 June 2026Match 67 – Group L – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 68 – Group L – Philadelphia StadiumMatch 69 – Group J – Kansas City StadiumMatch 70 – Group J – Dallas StadiumMatch 71 – Group K – Miami StadiumMatch 72 – Group K – Atlanta Stadium
FIFA World Cup 2026 – Round of 32 fixtures
Sunday, 28 June 2026Match 73 – Group A runners-up v Group B runners-up – Los Angeles Stadium
Monday, 29 June 2026Match 74 – Group E winners v Group A/B/C/D/F third place – Boston StadiumMatch 75 – Group F winners v Group C runners-up – Estadio MonterreyMatch 76 – Group C winners v Group F runners-up – Houston Stadium
Tuesday, 30 June 2026Match 77 – Group I winners v Group C/D/F/G/H third place – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 78 – Group E runners up v Group I runners-up – Dallas StadiumMatch 79 – Group A winners v Group C/E/F/H/I third place – Mexico City Stadium
Wednesday, 1 July 2026Match 80 – Group L winners v Group E/H/I/J/K third place – Atlanta StadiumMatch 81 – Group D winners v Group B/E/F/I/J third place – San Francisco Bay Area StadiumMatch 82 – Group G winners v Group A/E/H/I/J third place – Seattle Stadium
Thursday, 2 July 2026Match 83 – Group K runners-up v Group L runners-up – Toronto StadiumMatch 84 – Group H winners v Group J runners-up – Los Angeles StadiumMatch 85 – Group B winners v Group E/F/G/I/J third place – BC Place Vancouver
Friday, 3 July 2026Match 86 – Group J winners v Group H runners-up – Miami StadiumMatch 87 – Group K winners v Group D/E/I/J/L third place – Kansas City StadiumMatch 88 – Group D runners-up v Group G runners-up – Dallas Stadium
FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 fixtures
Saturday, 4 July 2026Match 89 – Winner match 74 v Winner match 77 – Philadelphia StadiumMatch 90 – Winner match 73 v Winner match 75 – Houston Stadium
Sunday, 5 July 2026Match 91 – Winner match 76 v Winner match 78 – New York New Jersey StadiumMatch 92 – Winner match 79 v Winner match 80 – Mexico City Stadium
Monday, 6 July 2026Match 93 – Winner match 83 v Winner match 84 – Dallas StadiumMatch 94 – Winner match 81 v Winner match 82 – Seattle Stadium
Tuesday, 7 July 2026Match 95 – Winner match 86 v Winner match 88 – Atlanta StadiumMatch 96 – Winner match 85 v Winner match 87 – BC Place Vancouver
FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final fixtures
Thursday, 9 July 2026Match 97 – Winner match 89 v Winner match 90 – Boston Stadium
Friday, 10 July 2026Match 98 – Winner match 93 v Winner match 94 – Los Angeles Stadium
Saturday, 11 July 2026Match 99 – Winner match 91 v Winner match 92 – Miami StadiumMatch 100 – Winner match 95 v Winner match 96 – Kansas City Stadium
FIFA World Cup 2026 semi-final fixtures
Tuesday, 14 July 2026Match 101 – Winner match 97 v Winner match 98 – Dallas Stadium
Wednesday, 15 July 2026Match 102 – Winner match 99 v Winner match 100 – Atlanta Stadium
FIFA World Cup 2026 bronze final
Saturday, 18 July 2026Match 103 – Loser match 101 v Loser match 102 – Miami Stadium
FIFA World Cup 2026 Final
Sunday, 19 July 2026Match 104 – Winner match 101 v Winner match 102 – New York New Jersey Stadium
