Overview
- UEFA and intercontinental playoff windows are set for March 26 (semifinals) and March 31 (finals), finalizing the last six qualifiers for the tournament.
- Mexico will stage both intercontinental finals on March 31, with Guadalajara hosting DR Congo vs New Caledonia or Jamaica and Monterrey hosting Iraq vs Bolivia or Surinam.
- Forty-two teams are already confirmed for the World Cup, which runs June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Mexico and Canada with 104 matches.
- DataFactory’s latest title probabilities place Spain first at 14%, followed by France (11%), England (10.2%), Argentina (9.8%) and Brazil (9.2%).
- Monterrey’s host manager says FIFA will assume full operational control of Estadio Monterrey on May 15, with the city set for three group games and a June 29 knockout match after some Netherlands fixtures were reassigned to Dallas.