FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw Highlights: Brazil In 'Group Of Death'; Argentina, Portugal, Germany In Easier Groups

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Here are the full groups for FIFA World Cup 2026.

Here are the full groups for FIFA World Cup 2026.

• Belgium

• Egypt

• Iran

• New Zealand

• Portugal

• Winner of FIFA Playoff 1 — Congo DR vs Jamaica/New Caledonia

• Uzbekistan

• Colombia

• Argentina

• Algeria

• Austria

• Jordan

• Netherlands

• Japan

• Winner of UEFA Play-Off B — Ukraine, Sweden, Poland or Albania

• Tunisia

• United States

• Paraguay

• Australia

• Winner of UEFA Play-Off C — Turkiye, Romania, Slovakia or Kosovo

• Spain

• Cabo Verde

• Saudi Arabia

• Uruguay

• France

• Senegal

• Winner of FIFA Playoff 2 — Iraq vs Bolivia/Suriname

• Norway

• Germany

• Curacao

• Ivory Coast

• Ecuador  

• Brazil

• Morocco

• Haiti

• Scotland 

• Canada

• Winner of UEFA Play-Off A — Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Qatar

• Switzerland

• Mexico

• South Africa

• Korea Republic

• Winner of UEFA Play-Off D — Denmark, North Macedonia, Czechia or Republic of Ireland 

Norway in Group I along with France, Senegal.

Panama in Group L along with England, Croatia.

Uzbekistan in Group K along with Portugal, Colombia.

Algeria in Group J along with Argentina, Austria.

Saudi Arabia in Group H along with Spain, Uruguay.

Scotland in Group C along with Brazil, Morocco.

Egypt in Group G along with Belgium, Iran.

Tunisia in Group F along with the Netherlands, Japan.

Ivory Coast in Group E along with Germany, Ecuador.

Paraguay in Group D along with USA, Australia.

Qatar in Group B along with Canada, Switzerland.

South Africa in Group A along with Mexico, Korea Republic.

Croatia in Group L along with England.

Colombia in Group K along with Portugal.

Austria in Group J along with Argentina.

Senegal in Group I along with France.

Uruguay in Group H along with Spain.

Iran in Group G along with Belgium.

Japan in Group F along with the Netherlands.

Ecuador in Group E along with Germany.

Australia in Group D along with USA.

Morocco in Group C along with Brazil.

Switzerland in Group B along with Canada.

Korea Republic in Group A along with Mexico.

England in Group L of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Portugal in Group K of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

France in Group I of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Argentina in Group J of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Spain in Group H of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Belgium in Group G of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Netherlands in Group F of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Germany in Group E of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Brazil in Group C of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw conductor Rio Ferdinand has arrived on stage, along with co-conductor Samantha Johnson.

Canada in Group B, Mexico in Group A, US in Group D.

Canada in Group B, Mexico in Group A, US in Group D.

US President Donald Trump, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum to be draw assistants.

The third phase of ticket sales for the FIFA World Cup 2026 begins on December 11.

World Cup winning Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni brings the trophy on the stage.

Donald Trump mentions India-Pakistan ceasefire in a passing remark while delivering a speech on winning the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.

'One of the great honours of my life,' says Donald Trump on winning the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.

US President Donald Trump gets the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize 2025.

The FIFA World Cup will have its first-ever half-time show in the 2026 tournament.

Robbie Williams performs Desire, the official FIFA anthem.

A total of 104 matches will be held at FIFA World Cup 2026, including 78 in the US, and 13 each in Mexico and Canada.

It will be the greatest FIFA World Cup ever, says Gianni Infantino.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino welcomes everyone to the event, including Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.

With more than six million tickets available for the tournament, and nearly two million already sold, the FIFA World Cup 2026 will bring together supporters from every corner of the globe.

The event is being co-hosted by actor and comedian Kevin Hart, and supermodel and actor Heidi Klum.

Andrea Bocelli has begun his performance at the event for the final draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026.

US President Donald Trump has arrived at the final draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026.

The event for the FIFA World Cup 2026 final draw has begun.

The final draw for FIFA World Cup 2026 will start soon.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will begin on June 12 at Los Angeles Stadium, with the Final on July 19 in New York New Jersey, making it the largest edition in history.

US President Donald Trump, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum have confirmed their attendance, according to FIFA.

Pot 4 includes the two placeholders for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Play-Off Tournament winners and four placeholders for the European play-off winners.

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.

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.

Here are the official mascots of FIFA World Cup 2026 — Maple the Moose (Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico) and Clutch the Bald Eagle (USA).

Here are the official mascots of FIFA World Cup 2026 — Maple the Moose (Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico) and Clutch the Bald Eagle (USA).

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.

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.

The draw will start with the teams in pot 1 being drawn to groups A to L. It will then continue with pots 2, 3 and 4 in that order.

Jordan, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, 4 x UEFA playoff winners, 2 x FIFA inter-continental playoff winners

Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa

Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, Korea Republic, Ecuador, Austria, Australia

Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

FIFA also announced the lineup of who will be conducting and assisting during the final draw.

They include conductor Rio Ferdiand, co-conductor Samantha Johnson and red-carpet host Elli Manning.

The draw assistants are Tom Brady, Wayne Gretzkv, Aaron Judge, Shaquille O’Neal.

The event will be co-hosted by actor and comedian Kevin Hart, supermodel and actor Heidi Klum, as well as actor and producer Danny Ramirez.

The programme promises exciting live performances, highlighted by classical vocalist Andrea Bocelli, global music sensation Robbie Williams, and acclaimed American singer Nicole Scherzinger.

Once the draw is completed, musical group Village People will take the stage to with a performance of their hit song YMCA.

The full schedule, venues, match kick-off timings will be revealed on Saturday.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will see four debutants — Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan.

This is the first time a World Cup will see so many debutants since the 2006 edition, which saw six teams make their debut in the tournament.

Six of the 48 teams at FIFA World Cup 2026 are yet to be determined and will only be known in March 2026.

Four of these will come from the 16-team UEFA play-offs, which will be contested by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine and Wales.

The other two spots will be contested by six teams — Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname.

OFC: New Zealand

Algeria, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia

Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan

Conembol: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay

Concacaf: Curaçao, Haiti, Panama

UEFA: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland

Co-hosts Canada, Mexico, USA

Fans in India can watch the live streaming of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw on FIFA.com and its YouTube and social media channels.

The event will not be broadcasted on any television channel in India.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 final draw will start from 10:30 p.m. Indian Standard Time on Friday.

FIFA World Cup 2026 final draw is scheduled to be held at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, USA.

Welcome to the live coverage of the men's FIFA World Cup 2026 final draw.