Overview
- Twenty-eight of the 48 spots are already secured, including hosts United States, Canada and Mexico, with England, Argentina, Brazil and New Zealand among confirmed qualifiers.
- UEFA enters the window with only England qualified so far, while nations such as France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and Austria have clinching scenarios over the coming days.
- Africa stages a mini-playoff in Morocco with Nigeria vs. Gabon and Cameroon vs. DR Congo feeding one intercontinental playoff slot, as Asia’s Iraq face the United Arab Emirates over two legs for another pathway.
- By the end of the November 13–18 window, around 39 teams are expected to have qualified, leaving roughly six places to be decided at the March 2026 intercontinental and continental playoffs in Mexico.
- Five Liverpool players have already booked World Cup places with their national teams — Wataru Endo, Alisson, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones — with about 13 teammates still in contention.