Overview
- UEFA carries the heaviest slate this window, with only England qualified so far and group deciders featuring France vs. Ukraine, Spain vs. Turkey, Italy vs. Norway, Belgium needing one win, Portugal close, and the Netherlands able to clinch against Poland.
- Africa stages knockout games of Nigeria vs. Gabon and Cameroon vs. DR Congo on Nov. 13, with the winners meeting Nov. 16 to secure a place in the intercontinental playoff.
- Asia pits Iraq against the United Arab Emirates in a two-legged tie on Nov. 13 and Nov. 18 to determine its intercontinental playoff entrant.
- The six-team intercontinental playoff will be held in Mexico in March 2026 and will award the final two World Cup spots after roughly 39 teams are expected to be confirmed by the end of this window.
- Five Liverpool players are already set for the tournament — including Wataru Endo, Alisson, Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah — while teammates with the Netherlands and France can clinch this week with one more win.