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Well we are almost there. We have 42 of 48 spots decided for the World Cup.

 

r/soccer - After today's matches 42 of the 48 participants for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been decided.

 

Next for the whole tournament is the draw. That is going to be held Dec 5 at Noon Eastern. Needless to say the world will be watching.

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There is the matter of the last 6 spots up for grabs, 4 from UEFA and 2 from the Intercontinental playoffs. These will be drawn tomorrow (7 AM eastern) and contested in the March window.

What do we have?

UEFA

There are 16 teams vying for the last 4 UEFA spots.

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They will be placed in 4 brackets, with the winners going to the World Cup. Each bracket will be:

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In the Semis Pot 1 and 2 teams will host. Tomorrow's draw will also determine the host for the Final of each bracket.

Pretty straight forward.

Intercontinental playoff

There are 6 teams vying for two spots.

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This format is a touch more complicated. In this case the top two world ranked teams, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq, automatically advance to the finals. While the remaining 4 teams will be drawn head to head to face the winners. Another key thing: Jamaica and Suriname cannot meet in the semi-finals, so the semis will either be Jamaica-Bolivia / Suriname-New Caledonia or Jamaica-New Caledonia / Bolivia-Suriname.

These will also be neutral site matches. Word broke recently that they will be played in Guadalajara and Monterrey.

The brackets look like this:

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Edited by Captain Ron
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this was in a bbc article on scotland's qualification

the venues are already known if you draw in to these groups

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Group A: Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico City (Mexico), Atlanta (US)

Group B: Toronto, Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (US)

Group 😄 Atlanta, Boston, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia (US)

Group 😧 Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (US)

Group E: Toronto (Canada), Houston, Kansas, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia (US)

Group F: Monterrey (Mexico), Dallas, Houston, Kansas (US)

Group G: Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles, Seattle (US)

Group H: Guadalajara (Mexico), Atlanta, Houston, Miami (US)

Group I: Toronto (Canada), Boston, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia (US)

Group J: Dallas, Kansas, San Francisco (US)

Group K: Guadalajara, Mexico City (Mexico), Atlanta, Houston, Miami (USA)

Group L: Toronto (Canada), Dallas, New York/New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia (USA)

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groups entirely in the us: C, J

groups requiring us/canada crossings: B, D, E, G, I, L

groups requiring us/mexico crossings: A, F, H, K

ths us must be in group B given we open on the 2nd day of the tournament and our match days are preset:

lax/sofi 12 june
SEVEN DAYS OFF
sea/lumen 19 june
SIX DAYS OFF
lax/sofi 25 june

with 12 groups the era of 3 matches in 10 days is over - in korea we played all 3 group games in 9 days with 5 and 4 days between portugal/korea and korea/poland

Edited by Hagbard Celine

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