2026 World Cup Qualification Status


This page lists every single member of FIFA eligible to enter the 2026 World Cup, sorted by confederation and then status. As of
April 02, 2024.

Country Confederation WC 2026 Status Date Stage Notes
Australia AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 5-0 over Lebanon
Iran AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 1-0 over Turkmenistan
Iraq AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 5-0 over Philippines
Japan AFC Qualifying 3/30/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 3-0 Korea DPR forfeit
Qatar AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 2-1 over Kuwait
United Arab Emirates AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 3-0 over Yemen
Uzbekistan AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Third Round Advanced with 3-0 over Hong Kong
Afghanistan AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group A Last result 2-1 over India
India AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group A Last result 2-1 loss to Afghanistan
Kuwait AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group A Last result 2-1 loss to Qatar
Korea DPR AFC Qualifying 3/30/2024 AFC Second Round – Group B Last result 3-0 forfeit loss to Japan
Myanmar AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group B Last result 7-0 loss to Syria
Syria AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group B Last result 7-0 over Myanmar
China PR AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group C Last result 4-1 over Singapore
Korea Republic AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group C Last result 3-0 over Thailand
Singapore AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group C Last result 4-1 loss to China PR
Thailand AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group C Last result 3-0 loss to Korea Republic
Kyrgyzstan AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group D Last result 5-1 over Chinesse Taipei
Malaysia AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group D Last result 2-0 loss to Oman
Oman AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group D Last result 2-0 over Malaysia
Chinese Taipei AFC Eliminated 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group D Eliminated by 5-1 loss to Kyrgzstan
Hong Kong AFC Eliminated 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group E Eliminated by 3-0 loss to Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan AFC Eliminated 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group E Eliminated by 1-0 loss to Iran
Indonesia AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group F Last result 3-0 over Vietnam
Philippines AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group F Last result 5-0 loss to Iraq
Vietnam AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group F Last result 3-0 loss to Indonesia
Jordan AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group G Last result 7-0 over Pakistan
Saudi Arabia AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group G Last result 1-1 with Tajikistan
Tajikistan AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group G Last result 1-1 with Saudi Arabia
Pakistan AFC Eliminated 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group G Eliminated by 7-0 loss to Jordan
Bahrain AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group H Last result 3-0 over Nepal
Yemen AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group H Last result 3-0 loss to United Arab Emirates
Nepal AFC Eliminated 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group H Eliminated by 3-0 loss to Bahrain
Bangladesh AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group I Last result 1-0 loss to Palestine
Lebanon AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group I Last result 5-0 loss to Australia
Palestine AFC Qualifying 3/26/2024 AFC Second Round – Group I Last result 1-0 over Bangaldesh
Bhutan AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 4-2 on aggregate by Hong Kong
Brunei AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 12-0 on aggregate by Indonesia
Cambodia AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 1-0 on aggregate by Pakistan
Guam AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 3-1 on aggregate by Singapore
Laos AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 2-1 on aggregate by Nepal
Macau AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 5-1 on aggregate by Myanmar
Maldives AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 3-2 on aggregate by Bangladesh
Mongolia AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 2-0 on aggregate by Afghanistan
Sri Lanka AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 4-1 on aggregate by Yemen
Timor-Leste AFC Eliminated 10/17/2023 AFC First Round Eliminated 7-0 on aggregate by Chinese Taipei
Burkina Faso CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group A Last result 3-0 over Ethiopia
Djibouti CAF Qualifying 11/20/2024 CAF First Round – Group A Last result 1-0 loss to Guinea-Bissau
Egypt CAF Qualifying 11/19/2024 CAF First Round – Group A Last result 2-0 over Sierra Leone
Ethiopia CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group A Last result 3-0 loss to Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau CAF Qualifying 11/20/2024 CAF First Round – Group A Last result 1-0 over Djibouti
Sierra Leone CAF Qualifying 11/19/2024 CAF First Round – Group A Last result 2-0 loss to Egypt
Congo DR CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group B Last result 1-0 loss to Sudan
Mauritania CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group B Last result 0-0 with South Sudan
Senegal CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group B Last result 0-0 with Togo
South Sudan CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group B Last result 0-0 with Mauritania
Sudan CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group B Last result 1-0 over Congo DR
Togo CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group B Last result 0-0 with Senegal
Benin CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group C Last result 0-0 with Lesotho
Lesotho CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group C Last result 0-0 with Benin
Nigeria CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group C Last result 1-1 with Zimbabwe
Rwanda CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group C Last result 2-0 over South Africa
South Africa CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group C Last result 2-0 loss to Rwanda
Zimbabwe CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group C Last result 1-1 with Nigeria
Angola CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group D Last result 0-0 with Mauritius
Cameroon CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group D Last result 1-1 with Libya
Cape Verde CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group D Last result 2-0 over Eswatini
Eswatini CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group D Last result 2-0 loss to Cape Verde
Libya CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group D Last result 1-1 with Cameroon
Mauritius CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group D Last result 0-0 with Angola
Congo CAF Qualifying 11/17/2023 CAF First Round – Group E Last result 4-2 loss to Zambia
Morocco CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group E Last result 2-0 over Tanzania
Niger CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group E Last result 2-1 over Zambia
Tanzania CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group E Last result 2-0 loss to Morocco
Zambia CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group E Last result 2-1 loss to Niger
Eritrea CAF Withdrew 11/2/2023 CAF First Round – Group E Withdrew before playing any matches
Burundi CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group F Last result 2-1 loss to Gabon
Cote d’Ivoire CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group F Last result 2-0 over Gambia
Gabon CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group F Last result 2-1 over Burundi
Gambia CAF Qualifying 11/1/2023 CAF First Round – Group F Last result 2-0 loss to Cote d’Ivoire
Kenya CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group F Last result 5-0 over Seychelles
Seychelles CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group F Last result 5-0 loss to Kenya
Algeria CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group G Last result 2-0 over Mozambique
Botswana CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group G Last result 1-0 over Guinea
Guinea CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group G Last result 1-0 loss to Botswana
Mozambique CAF Qualifying 11/19/2023 CAF First Round – Group G Last result 2-0 loss to Algeria
Somalia CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group G Last result 1-0 loss to Uganda
Uganda CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group G Last result 1-0 over Somalia
Equatorial Guinea CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group H Last result 1-0 over Liberia
Liberia CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group H Last result 1-0 loss to Equiatorial Guinea
Malawi CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group H Last result 1-0 loss to Tunisia
Namibia CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group H Last result 2-0 loss to Namibia
Sao Tome e Principe CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group H Last result 2-0 over Sao Tome e Princpe
Tunisia CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group H Last result 1-0 over Malawi
Central African Republic CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group I Last result 1-1 with Mali
Chad CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group I Last result 3-0 loss to Madagascar
Comoros CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group I Last result 1-0 over Ghana
Ghana CAF Qualifying 11/21/2023 CAF First Round – Group I Last result 1-0 loss to Comoros
Madagascar CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group I Last result 3-0 over Chad
Mali CAF Qualifying 11/20/2023 CAF First Round – Group I Last result 1-1 with Central African Republic
Turks and Caicos Islands CONCACAF Eliminated 3/26/2024 CONCACAF First Round Eliminated 4-3 on penalties by Anguilla
US Virgin Islands CONCACAF Eliminated 3/26/2024 CONCACAF First Round Eliminated 4-2 on penalties by British Virgin Islands
Antigua and Barbuda CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group A
Bermuda CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group A
Cayman Islands CONCACAF Qualifying 6/8/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group A
Cuba CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group A
Honduras CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group A
Bahamas CONCACAF Qualifying 6/8/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group B
Costa Rica CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group B
Grenada CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group B
St Kitts and Nevis CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group B
Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group B
Aruba CONCACAF Qualifying 6/8/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group C
Barbados CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group C
Curacao CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group C
Haiti CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group C
St Lucia CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group C
Belize CONCACAF Qualifying 6/8/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group D
Guyana CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group D
Montserrat CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group D
Nicaragua CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group D
Panama CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group D
British Virgin Islands CONCACAF Qualifying 3/26/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group E Advaned 4-2 on penalties over US Virgin Islands
Dominica CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group E
Dominican Republic CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group E
Guatemala CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group E
Jamaica CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group E
Anguilla CONCACAF Qualifying 3/26/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group F Advanced 4-3 on penalties over Turks and Caicos Islands
El Salvador CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group F
Puerto Rico CONCACAF Qualifying 6/6/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group F
St Vincent and the Grenadines CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group F
Suriname CONCACAF Qualifying 6/5/2024 CONCACAF Second Round – Group F
Canada CONCACAF Qualified 2/14/2023 Group Stage – TBD Hosts
Mexico CONCACAF Qualified 2/14/2023 Group Stage – TBD Hosts
United States of America CONCACAF Qualified 2/14/2023 Group Stage – TBD Hosts
Argentina CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-0 over Brazil
Bolivia CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 3-0 loss to Uruguay
Brazil CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-0 loss to Argentina
Chile CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-0 loss to Ecuador
Colombia CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-0 loss to Colombia
Ecuador CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-0 over Chile
Paraguay CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-0 over Paraguay
Peru CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-1 with Peru
Uruguay CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 3-0 over Bolivia
Venezuela CONMEBOL Qualifying 11/21/2023 Last result 1-1 with Peru
American Samoa OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Cook Islands OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Fiji OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
New Caledonia OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
New Zealand OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Papua New Guinea OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Samoa OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Solomon Islands OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Tahiti OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Tonga OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Vanuatu OFC Qualifying 9/2/2024
Albania UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Andorra UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Armenia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Austria UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Azerbaijan UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Belarus UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Belgium UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Bulgaria UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Croatia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Cyprus UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Czech Republic UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Denmark UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
England UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Estonia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Faroe Islands UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Finland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
France UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Georgia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Germany UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Gibraltar UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Greece UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Hungary UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Iceland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Israel UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Italy UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Kazakhstan UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Kosovo UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Latvia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Liechtenstein UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Lithuania UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Luxembourg UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Malta UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Moldova UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Montenegro UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Netherlands UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
North Macedonia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Northern Ireland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Norway UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Poland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Portugal UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Republic of Ireland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Romania UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Russia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
San Marino UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Scotland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Serbia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Slovakia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Slovenia UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Spain UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Sweden UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Switzerland UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Turkey UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Ukraine UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD
Wales UEFA Qualifying 3/21/2025 UEFA First Round – Group TBD

211 teams entered
3 qualified, 45 places remain
190 are qualifying
17 have been eliminated
1 have withdrawn