European (UEFA) 2026 World Cup qualification format First round (March 21-November 18, 2025): Twelve groups of 4-5 nations play round-robin, home-and-away. Group winners qualify for 2026 World Cup.

UEFA World Cup qualifying runs from March 2025; England face Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra; the 2026 FIFA mens World ...

The European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are scheduled to run from March 2025 until the play-offs in March 2026. Teams were drawn into 12 groups of four and five teams in Zurich on 13 ...

The World Cup is set to take place in 2026 Action Plus The 2026 World Cup qualifying draw has taken place in Zurich, with every European nation finding out who they will have to face to reach the ...

When are the UEFA World Cup qualifying playoffs? The playoffs take place in March 2026. The 16 teams involved ... including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup ...

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland don know dia 2026 World Cup qualifying ... A total of 16 European teams go qualify. Scotland and Northern Ireland dem draw dem for four-team groups ...

BBC Sport looks at who has booked a place at the 2026 World Cup already, and how qualifying works around the world.

European World Cup qualifying soft-launched in March. It won't kick into full gear until September, but six of the 12 groups — the ones with five teams, as opposed to four — are underway.

Japan became the first national team to qualify through the World Cup qualifiers, with New Zealand and Argentina also clinching ...