2026 World Cup draw

[Fauxstralian]

Draw from the Kennedy Center in Washington on Friday from 5pm
The Kennedy Center is the venue Donald Trump has taken control of which is sinking badly
Entertainment by the Village People and Robbie WilliamsPot 1: Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, GermanyPot 2: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, IR Iran, Korea Republic, Ecuador, Austria, AustraliaPot 3: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South AfricaPot 4: Jordan, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, European Play-Off A, B, C and D, FIFA Play-Off Tournament 1 and 2The draw will begin with all the teams from pot 1 being drawn to groups A to L. It will then continue with pots 2, 3 and 4 in that order.

The FIFA fixFor pot 1, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as the host countries, 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), as already established per the match schedule released on 4 February 2024. 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.To ensure competitive balance, two separate pathways to the semi-finals have been established when developing the match schedule. In order to have a balanced distribution of the teams, the four highest-ranked teams in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s Ranking, when drawn, will have the following constraints: the highest-ranked team (Spain) and the second highest-ranked team (Argentina) will be randomly drawn into opposite pathways, and the same principle will apply to the third (France) and fourth (England) highest-ranked teams. This will ensure that, should they win their groups, the two highest-ranked teams will not meet before the final.

[Mex Martillo]

All Scotland's games in the USA and I ain't going that shot hole. No worries about tickets, just watch on the tv. Fuck you Donald.

[Takashi Miike]

given the scandalous pricing, I hope it's an absolute fucking disaster

[ironsofcanada]

Also the most difficult. Group stage is going to be tearfully boring and a training ground exercise for the first seeds barring USA and Canada. 

 

 

Depends on the playoffs, if someone other than Turkey makes it through, the States' group is pretty manageable and even then.

Mexico with Korea and Czechia/Denmark are some competative games. 


And we can always cheer for North Ireland.

[zico]

Got to be honest I didn't even know who had qualified for the Work Cup bar the usual suspects. Who are half these countries? Shame that once elite level football, like the Champions League is swamped with minnows. Top level competition finals should be competed by top level teams.

[ironsofcanada]

England is playing at the wrong end of Canada for me. 

Shame. 

[Sydney_Iron]

Going to be zero excitement and forget the group of death that we usually had, this expanded version looks very boring in the early stages

The top 2 in each group and then the 8 best 3rd place teams go into the knockout rounds, realistically it's not until the 2nd round of the knockouts that the REAL games begin!! such is the extent of watering down of the competition, should have left it at 32 nations IMO.

[Exiled In Surrey]

Worse than Eurovision Song Contest.

[kylay]

That's a piss easy group for England. No excuses not to top it.

Also the most difficult. Group stage is going to be tearfully boring and a training ground exercise for the first seeds barring USA and Canada. 

[the coming of gary]

Assuming we get through our group I assume we will play either Portugal or Colombia in the first knock out game?

First knockout game will be against a 3rd place team
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[RBshorty]

Ghana and Croatia

could be a bit nail bitey

Sounds like the bookies Wet Dream.

[Sydney_Iron]

Biggest news was FIFA unveiling the mascots! All of which are white and NO black lab? Racist bastards 

[Nutsin]

Assuming we get through our group I assume we will play either Portugal or Colombia in the first knock out game?

[BRANDED]

Ghana and Croatia

could be a bit nail bitey

[chevy chase]

Oh my God   ymca

[Come On You Irons]

That's a piss easy group for England. No excuses not to top it.

[goose]

“I’ll host your World Cup draw but only if you invent a prize and present it to me”

 

Who have the Eyeties got?.....ohhhhh 

They’ve got golden stars  
Four of them.

when you actually win something you can try banter.

[BRANDED]

Good draw for Scotland

[Mike Oxsaw]

Take all this razz-a-matazz and shove it up your jacksie. Just draw the fucking balls and move on.

[Fauxstralian]

Mexico v S Africa as first game of the tournament 
Blockbuster … NOT

[Any Old Iron]

World cup draw, sponsored by Black Lives Matter

[XKhammer]

“I’ll host your World Cup draw but only if you invent a prize and present it to me”

 

 

Who have the Eyeties got?.....ohhhhh 

[Fauxstralian]

Can’t get another European team so not Norway

[chevy chase]

Scrub that

[Fauxstralian]

Croatia for England
Wouldnt have been first choice 
Also means they can’t get Scotland or a European playoff winner

[chevy chase]

If we get norway that's a tough group with the croats in it too