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FIFA World Cup draw: all groups for World Cup 2026 revealed

All the group announcements from the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw in Washington DC.
Javier Escribano Editor Spain 5 December 2025

The World Cup draw is here: the last stage before World Cup 2026, where the 12 groups for the 48 teams that will compete in USA, Mexico and Canada has been made.

The event took place at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., with President Donald Trump in attendance, as well as many celebrities from other sports, with Kevin Hart, Heidi Klum and Danny Ramírez as hosts. It took nearly 90 minuted for the actual draw to start, with Trump winning the "FIFA peace price" in the meantime.

Finally, we learned the 12 groups that will face on June 2026 in Mexico, Canada and the United States: here's the results from the World Cup draw.

World Cup 2026 groups

Group A

  • Mexico
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • UEFA Playoff (Denmark / North Macedonia / Czech Republic / Ireland)

Group B

  • Canada
  • Qatar
  • Switzerland
  • UEFA Playoff (Italy / Northern Ireland / Wales / Bosnia)

Group C

  • Brazil
  • Morocco
  • Scotland
  • Haiti

Group D

  • USA
  • Paraguau
  • Australia
  • UEFA Playoff (Turkey / Romania / Slovakia / Kosovo)

Group E

  • Germany
  • Ecuador
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Curaçao

Group F

  • Netherlands
  • Japan
  • Tunisia
  • UEFA playoff (Ukraine / Sweden / Poland / Albania)

Group G

  • Belgium
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • New Zealand

Group H

  • Spain
  • Uruguay
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Cape Verde

Group I

  • France
  • Senegal
  • Norway
  • Inter-Confederation Playoff (Iraq / Bolivia / Suriname)

Group J

  • Argentina
  • Austria
  • Algeria
  • Jordan

Group K

  • Portugal
  • Uzbekistan
  • Colombia
  • Inter-Confederation Playoff (Congo DR / Jamaica / New Caledonia)

Group L

  • England
  • Croatia
  • Panama
  • Ghana
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