FIFA held a draw to determine who all 48 participating countries in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will face in the group phase of the tournament, which the U.S., Canada and Mexico are co-hosting.

Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the U.S. soccer team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1930.

Trump is expected to receive FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize, another sign of his starring role in Friday’s event.

Follow live coverage as teams are drawn for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The tournament will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer.

Forty-two of the teams have been determined and 22 are competing in playoffs for six berths that will be decided March 31

After months of waiting, most teams participating in next summer's FIFA World Cup 2026 now know who they'll play. The world's biggest soccer tournament is being co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

2026 will be Portugal’s ninth World Cup appearance and Ronaldo’s sixth. Since the 40-year-old’s debut in 2006, the Iberians have won their group just twice (2006 and 2022). They also failed to qualify for the knockout stages in 2014.

The World Cup draw needed less empty lead-up and more substantive insights, Richard Deitsch says in his review of the TV experience.

Owairan’s breathtaking solo goal against Belgium at the 1994 World Cup – a 70-metre run past five defenders that sealed Saudi Arabia’s place in the last 16 – remains the Kingdom’s proudest football memory.