ZURICH (AP) — FIFA will host attracts on Nov. 20 in Zurich for playoff brackets to resolve the final six entries on the 48-team 2026 World Cup , the world soccer physique mentioned Friday.
The European brackets could have 16 groups — doubtless together with four-time champion Italy — taking part in for 4 locations on the event subsequent June and July in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Six groups from outdoors Europe will play for 2 entries within the intercontinental playoffs that Mexico is predicted to host. Bolivia and New Caledonia have already certified.
All of the playoffs video games are scheduled March 26-31.
The six playoffs slots will likely be placeholders popping out of the lowest-ranked pot 4 within the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 on the Kennedy Heart in Washington DC with U.S. President Donald Trump anticipated to attend.
FIFA mentioned the playoffs brackets will likely be seeded utilizing the following males’s world rankings as a result of be revealed Nov. 19.
The European playoffs will contain 4 separate brackets of 4 groups, taking part in single-game semifinals and finals. Groups enter by ending runner-up within the 12 qualifying teams, plus 4 groups that gained Nations League teams final yr which form to incorporate Wales and Sweden.
The 12 winners of European qualifying teams that end Nov. 18, already together with England, advance on to the finals event.
The intercontinental playoffs see the 4 lowest-ranked groups paired in two single-game semifinals to advance to finals in opposition to the 2 top-ranked groups.
