# 2026 World Cup
## Teams
### Qualification

The United Bid personnel anticipated that all three host countries would be awarded automatic berths. On August 31, 2022, FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed that six CONCACAF teams will qualify for the World Cup, with Canada, Mexico, and the United States automatically qualifying as hosts. This was confirmed by the FIFA Council on February 14, 2023.
Immediately prior to the 67th FIFA Congress, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation in a meeting in Manama, Bahrain. This includes an intercontinental playoff tournament involving six teams to decide the last two FIFA World Cup spots.
The six teams in the playoffs will comprise one team from each confederation excluding UEFA, and one additional team from the confederation of the host countries (CONCACAF). Two of the teams will be seeded based on the World Rankings, and they will play the winners of two knockout games between the four unseeded teams for the two FIFA World Cup berths. The four-game tournament is to be played in one or more of the host countries, and will also be used as a test event for the FIFA World Cup. The ratification of slot allocation also gives the OFC a guaranteed berth in the final tournament for the first time: the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the first tournament in which all six confederations have at least one guaranteed berth. This will also be the first time since the 2010 edition in which all continents have a team qualified for the World Cup finals.
* Iran
* United Arab Emirates
* South Korea
* Iraq
* Japan
* Saudi Arabia
* Uzbekistan
* Australia
* Egypt
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* Madagascar
* Ivory Coast
* Ghana
* Morocco
* Algeria
* Sudan
* Canada (co-host)
* Mexico (co-host)
* United States (co-host)
* El Salvador
* Costa Rica
* Honduras
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Peru
* New Zealand
* France
* Germany
* England
* Spain
* Portugal
* Switzerland
* Sweden
* Italy
* Poland
* Netherlands
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Serbia
* Turkey
* Austria
* Denmark
* ↑ "United 2026 bid book" (PDF). united2026.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
* ↑ "Presidente de la FIFA confirma cantidad de plazas de Concacaf para el Mundial de 2026". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). August 31, 2022. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
* ↑ "Infantino anuncia cuántos cupos tendrá la Concacaf para el Mundial de 2026". CRHoy.com (in Spanish). August 31, 2022. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
* ↑ "FIFA Council highlights record breaking revenue in football". FIFA. February 14, 2023. Archived from the original on February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
* ↑ "FIFA confirms U.S., Mexico, Canada automatically in '26 World Cup". Reuters. February 14, 2023. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
* 1 2 3 "Bureau of the Council recommends slot allocation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. March 30, 2017. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
* ↑ "World Cup 2026: Fifa reveals allocation for 48-team tournament". BBC. March 30, 2017. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017.
* ↑ "FIFA Council prepares Congress, takes key decisions for the future of the FIFA World Cup". FIFA. May 9, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2017.