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FIFA revealed its World Cup groupings at a star-studded event in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
With the help of President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, NFL legend Tom Brady, NBA great Shaquille O’Neal, New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, and the NHL’s greatest player of all time, Wayne Gretzky, all 12 groups were announced.Â
All the aforementioned individuals selected random balls that contained the countries’ names, and their selections assigned them to their groups. Trump, Sheinbaum and Carney all picked their own countries’ names to begin the process.Â
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President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hold their countries’ cards during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025. (Stephanie Scarbrough, Pool/AP Photo)
Brady selected the teams in Pot 1, O’Neal picked Pot 2’s teams, and Judge and Gretzky had Pots 3 and 4, respectively.Â
While the groups were created on Friday, six of the 48 teams participating will only be known in March 2026. Four of them will come from the 16-team UEFA playoffs.
The countries competing in the UEFA play-offs are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.
The remaining two spots will be decided at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Play-Off Tournament. The six teams competing in that tournament are Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname. Â
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(L/R) FIFA President Gianni Infantino, US President Donald Trump, and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum stand on stage during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025. (Stephanie Scarbrough / POOL / AFP)
Below are all 12 groups:
Group A
MexicoÂ
South AfricaÂ
Korea RepublicÂ
Winner UEFA Play-off D
Group B
CanadaÂ
Winner UEFA Play-off AÂ
QatarÂ
Switzerland
Group C
BrazilÂ
MoroccoÂ
HaitiÂ
Scotland
Group D
USAÂ
ParaguayÂ
AustraliaÂ
Winner UEFA Play-off C
Group E
GermanyÂ
CuraçaoÂ
Côte d’IvoireÂ
Ecuador
Group F
NetherlandsÂ
JapanÂ
Winner UEFA Play-off BÂ
Tunisia
Group G
BelgiumÂ
EgyptÂ
IR IranÂ
Group H
SpainÂ
Cabo VerdeÂ
Uruguay
Group I
FranceÂ
SenegalÂ
Winner FIFA Play-off 2Â
Norway
Group J
ArgentinaÂ
AlgeriaÂ
AustriaÂ
Jordan
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Alejandro Zendejas (17) scores a goal and celebrates with Max Arfsten (18), Cristian Roldan (24) and Christian Pulisic (10) during an international friendly game between Japan and USMNT at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 9, 2025. (Robin Alam/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images)
Group K
PortugalÂ
Winner FIFA Play-off 1Â
UzbekistanÂ
Colombia
Group L
EnglandÂ
CroatiaÂ
GhanaÂ
Panama
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