While the French team will start its 2026 World Cup qualifiers next September, for six games against Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan, qualifications for World Cup 26, organized in Canada, the United States and Mexico, will continue all over the planet in the coming days.
Last March, Japan was the first selection to qualify to join the three North American host countries, then New Zealand, Iran and the title holder all obtained their sesame for the next World Cup.
The qualifiers in Asia will make their verdict and Uzbekistan is in a position of strength to win its very first participation in a FIFA World Cup. Abdukodir Khusanov and his teammates, 2nd in the Iran group, will be able to jubilant if they do not lose against the United Arab Emirates on Thursday in Abu Dhabi. In group B, South Korea and Jordan will be qualified in the event of success respectively in Iraq and Oman. In the C, Australia receives Japan and can rise to the World Cup in case of success and if Saudi Arabia, 3rd, does not win in Bahrain. Nothing is played.
Ecuador at the World Cup?
In South America, only the Ecuador, with the winner of the Champions League Willian Pacho (and that of the Caicedo Moist Conference League), can pocket his sesame during the 15th day in the AMSUD zone. However, sorting must face Brazil, the 4th in the ranking. Marcel Bielsa's Uruguay can take a big step towards qualification in the event of success against Paraguay, which has the same number of points. Colombia, 6th, can do a good operation by beating Peru, penultimate. The suspense is total!
Elsewhere in the world, there will be no new qualified this weekend. The African selections are playing friendly matches at this international window (they will resume in September), half of the European qualifying groups have started in March and continue in the coming days and, in the North America, Central and Caribbean area, we only play the second round (six groups of five).
In Oceania, New Caledonia has been beaten by the “neo-Z” in the final and will compete in the intercontinental dam of the World Cup March 2026. Six national teams (no European) will be found for a mini tournament that will attribute the last two tickets. The drawing of the group phase was carried out in December 2025.
