When is the 2026 World Cup draw?
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place from June 16 to July 16, 2026. The draw for the tournament has not yet been announced. The draw typically takes place a few months before the start of the tournament. Do you have any other questions about the 2026 World Cup?
2026 World Cup
The 24th FIFA World Cup will be held in 2026. It is an international football tournament between the men’s national teams of the member associations of FIFA, which is short for the International Federation of Association Football.
The tournament is scheduled to take place in 2026, and it will be the first time that the World Cup will be held in multiple countries since the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan. The 2026 World Cup will be hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with the United States hosting the majority of the matches.
- FIFA World Cup 2026 Host City: Canada, Mexico, and United States
- Qualification Date: November 2025 and March 2026 (32 days)
- Teams: 48 (from 5 or 6 confederations)
- Venues: 3 countries (in 16 host cities)
- Canada – Vancouver, Toronto
- Mexico – Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara
- United States – New York/New Jersey, Dallas, Kansas City, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Miami
- 2026 World Cup Stadiums, Venues
A total of 48 teams are expected to participate in the tournament, which will be played in 16 different cities across the three host countries.
The 2026 World Cup draw Slot allocation
On March 30, 2017, the Bureau of the FIFA Council (composed of the FIFA president and the presidents of each of the six confederations) proposed a slot allocation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The recommendation was submitted for ratification by the FIFA Council.
On May 9, two days before the 67th FIFA Congress, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation in a meeting in Manama, Bahrain. This includes an intercontinental playoff tournament involving six teams to decide the last two FIFA World Cup spots, making a place in the intercontinental playoffs a 1⁄3 spot in the finals.
| Confederation | Eligible FIFA members | Spots in the 2026 finals (including hosts and intercontinental playoff spots) | Percentage of members with spots in finals | Spots in 2006-2022 finals (excluding hosts, including intercontinental playoff spots) | Change in percentage of slot allocation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | 46+1 | 81⁄3 | 18.1% | 4.5 | 85.2% |
| CAF | 54 | 91⁄3 | 17.3% | 5 | 86.7% |
| CONCACAF (hosts) | 35 | 62⁄3 | 19.1% | 3.5 | 90.4% |
| CONMEBOL | 10 | 61⁄3 | 63.3% | 4.5 | 40.7% |
| OFC | 11 | 11⁄3 | 12.1% | 0.5 | 166.7% |
| UEFA | 55 | 16 | 29.1% | 13 | 23.1% |
| Total | 211+1 | 48 | 22.7% | 31+1 (hosts) | 50% |
Qualification matches: when?
The 2026 World Cup qualification matches will be held between 2023 to 2025.
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