Third in the League of Nations 2024-2025 after a semi-final lost against Spain (5-4) and a small final won against Germany (0-2), Sunday in Stuttgart, the French team will rock directly in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup next September. The Blues of Didier Deschamps will start against the hardest opponent, Ukraine, on September 5 in Poland, before receiving Iceland at the Parc des Princes. Azerbaijan is the fourth team of this group.
Finalist of the last World Cup in Qatar (battered on penalties by Argentina) and 3rd in the world FIFA classification, the training led by Kylian Mbappé will not have to tremble during the international windows in September, October and November. In a few weeks, they will be fixed on their participation in the World Cup 26 organized in North America. And the draw will take place in December (without the six winners of the dams in March 2026).
For this very first World Cup at 48 participants, France will be part of the head of the head of the draw of the draw in the event of qualification and will therefore avoid the three organizing countries (Canada, United States and Mexico) as well as Argentina, Spain, England, Brazil, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium and probably Germany. The Mannschaft is only 10th in the FIFA ranking and would descend into hat 2 in the event of direct qualification of Italy, 9th in the world.
France with Uzbekistan and New Zealand?
The best selections in the world will be happy to see Italy not catch up in Norway to the Europe area qualifiers. They would then avoid a possible shock against Germany. Pot 2 will welcome three or four other European teams, Morocco and Senegal if they validate their ticket, the three best Asian representatives – Japan, Iran and South Korea, who are already qualified – or the Ecuador of Willian Pacho.
It is in hat 3 that we find teams of an unknown level. Algeria will be avoided, like Norway if it qualifies directly. But Costa Rica, South Africa and Uzbekistan would make adversaries that are well affordable for France and the other heads. The Uzbeks led by Abdukodir Khusanov validated their ticket for the 2026 World Cup and left to appear in the third pot thanks to their 57th place in the world.
Finally, in hat 4, Jordan and New Zealand, already qualified, or Iraq and Jamaica would make good prints. In reality, in this fourth hat, it will absolutely be necessary to avoid the four winners of European dams. The projections of the X account Football Rankings Give Italy, Turkey, Serbia and Greece as qualified in March 2025. As a reminder, the French team will be able to face only one other team from the UEFA zone.
