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Japan, New Zealand, RI Iran and Argentina now have their ticket for the 2026 World Cup. What will be the next selection to qualify?
March 20, Japan has become the first nation to qualify For the FIFA World Cup 26 ™
In the days that followed, New Zealandthere Ri Iran And Argentina have in turn validated their ticket
Find out what could be the next selections to rally North America
From four qualified for the FIFA World Cup 26 ™, they will increase to 425 in March. In March, the race for North America intensified on all the continents on the planet. Insured to play the tournament since March 1, 2023, the competition co-hosts that are Canada, the United States and Mexico are no longer the only ones to be part of the list of qualified since Thursday, March 20, Japan has become the first nation to point its ticket for the final phase before New Zealand in turn won its precious sesame, on Monday March 24.
In the process, on March 25, the RI Iran obtained a late draw against Uzbekistan (2-2) synonymous with official qualification for the World Cup. On the same day, thanks to a 0-0 draw between Bolivia and Uruguay, the Argentinian world champions also stabbed their ticket and ensured to defend their title in North America.
Thirty-eight other selections will also be brought to compost their ticket for the 2026 World Cup by the end of the year. FIFA analyzes what could be the next team to join the seven nations already assured of participating in the final phase and draws up an inventory of qualifications in all the confederations of the planet.
AFC: After Japan and Ri Iran, the Uzbekistan’s turn?
Although it was deprived of qualification in March by a late equalization of Iran (2-2) which allowed the Team Melli to qualify, the team ofUzbekistan Stay in a favorable position to validate your ticket. If the group of Timur Kapadze avoids defeat against the United Arab Emirates, on June 5, it will be guaranteed to participate in the FIFA World Cup ™ for the first time in its history.
THE United Arab Emiratesprecisely, are the only other nation in the group has still able to win a direct qualification, but to keep their hopes intact before the last day scheduled on June 10, the Emirian players will absolutely have to beat the Uzbeks.
In group B, the only one who has not yet revealed qualified, four selections remain in the race to obtain a direct ticket: the Republic of Koreathere JordanL’Iraq And Oman. South Koreans will be guaranteed to reach North America next year if they avoid defeat against Iraq on June 5 in Bassra. Jordan, on the other hand, will qualify for its very first World Cup the same day if it beats Oman in Mascate and the Iraqis bow against the Republic of Korea.
In group C, behind Japan already assured of its qualification, theAustraliaL’Saudi Arabia and theIndonesia Can always hope to get their place for the 23rd world in history. Socceroos are the only ones to be able to guarantee their place on June 5, but they will have to beat Japan in Perth and hope that Saudi Arabia is not imposed on the other hand Bahrain.
Behind Argentina, the equator is in pole
While several South American selection are able to join Argentina next June, theEquator is the only team that could bend the case from the 15th day. To achieve this, the sorting, currently second with two points before on the trio Uruguay – Brazil – Paraguay, must win against the Seleção and count on a draw between Venezuela and Bolivia.
L’UruguayTHE BrazilTHE Paraguay and the Colombia Are among the teams that can qualify at least in June, but which will not be able to achieve it from their first appointment from the international window.
CAF, Concacaf, UEFA, OFC: Where are we?
Only OFC, AFC and Conmebol have already unveiled officially qualified teams. In other confederations, you will have to be patient.
Africa
After a nine -month break, African qualifications resumed their rights in March. And at least we will have to wait for the international window of September to find out the first representatives of the continent at the next World Cup.
North America, Central America and Caribbean
Concacaf teams will only resume their race for qualification until next June. No selection of North America, Central America and the Caribbean can therefore claim to seize the first qualifying ticket by then. For the time being, only Honduras, Suriname and Costa Rica have widened a gap of at least two points at the top of their respective group.
Europe
No European nation has validated its qualification in March, for the simple reason that UEFA was the last confederation of the planet to launch its qualifications during this window. The drawing of the groups took place in December and the first qualified of the old continent will not be known before the international window of September 2025, as soon as possible.
OFC: New Caledonia in a dam tournament
There New Zealand won his qualification on Monday, March 24, having the New Caledonia On the 3-0 score. While the All Whites will find the World Cup for the first time since 2010, the Cagous will have a new chance during the FIFA dam tournament to come.
And who will be the last qualified?
At the end of 2025, we will know 42 of the 48 participants at the next World Cup. There will then remain two qualifying deadlines and not least. On the one hand, the FIFA World Cup World Cup tournament will be held, which will bring together the survivor teams of five of the six confederations: one of the OFC, the AFC, the Consbol and the CAF, and two of the Concacaf. At the end of this tournament, two tickets for the World Cup will be distributed.
Finally, there will remain the UEFA dams. The latter will concern 16 teams which will fight for the last four European places at stake to reach North America.
Number of qualifying places by Confederation
For the first time too, the 2026 World Cup will see the participation of 48 teams, 12 more than in the last seven editions of the tournament. The distribution of places by continental confederation has been defined as follows:
AFC (Asia) : 8 direct places + 1 in dams CAF (Africa) : 9 direct places + 1 in dams Concacaf (North and central America, plus the Caribbean) : 6 direct places + 2 in dams Conmebol (South America) : 6 direct places + 1 in dams OFC (Oceania) : 1 direct place + 1 in dams UEFA (Europe) : 16 direct places
The three host countries are automatically qualified for the tournament, thus occupying three of the Concacaf squares.
