Overview
- The final draw will be held Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., placing 48 teams into 12 groups of four, with the full match schedule, stadiums and kick-off times to be released on Dec. 6.
- FIFA confirmed four pots, with Pot 1 containing the three co-hosts and the nine highest-ranked teams: Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
- Co-hosts have fixed group slots to secure home scheduling, with Mexico assigned A1, Canada B1 and the United States D1, and group positions are preallocated by pot to streamline the draw.
- Confederation rules apply so no group has more than one team from the same region, except UEFA which can have up to two; 42 of 48 berths are set, with the remaining six decided in March via UEFA playoff paths and an inter-confederation tournament in Mexico.
- U.S. broadcaster FOX Sports will air an "unprecedented" 3½ hours of live coverage of the draw and has pledged more World Cup matches on broadcast television than in 2022.