FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw Live: Which Team In Which Group? Catch All Updates Here
Catch all the live updates here as all eyes will be on which groups teams like Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, Portugal, England, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany will be placed.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw Live: Constraints
In order to comply with FIFA's general principle to ensure that no group has more than one team from the same confederation, the Confederation constraint will be applied to all three teams within each pathway of the two Play-Off Tournament placeholders in pot 4.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw Live: Constraints
To ensure competitive balance, two separate pathways to the semi-finals have been established in order to have a balanced distribution of the teams.
The highest-ranked team and the second highest-ranked team in the FIFA Men’s World Ranking will be randomly drawn into groups in opposite pathways. The same principle will also apply to the third and fourth highest ranked teams to ensure that the two highest-ranked teams will not meet before the final if they win their groups.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw Live: Official Mascots
Here are the official mascots of FIFA World Cup 2026 — Maple the Moose (Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico) and Clutch the Bald Eagle (USA).
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FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw Live
No group will have more than a team from the same confederation.
This excludes UEFA, which has 16 teams. Each group must have at least one, but no more than two UEFA teams in it.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw Live: Co-Hosts in Specific Groups
From pot 1, host nations Canada, Mexico and the USA will be identified by different coloured balls and, when drawn, will be assigned to position A1 for Mexico (green ball), B1 for Canada (red ball) and D1 for the USA (blue ball).
The remaining nine top-ranked teams in pot 1 will be identified by nine balls of the same colour and automatically allocated to position 1 of the group into which they are drawn.
