2026 World Cup finals – There are now these 28 countries who have qualified already

There will be 48 countries in total at the 2026 World Cup finals.

After the latest international fortnight, we now know 28 of them for sure (listed below).

With 20 places still to play for.

England were the first European country to qualify and so far the only one with 15 more UEFA countries still to be confirmed.

The 2026 World Cup takes place across three host nations (USA, Canada and Mexico) from June 11 to July 19 and it will be the biggest yet.

Lasting almost six weeks, the 2026 World Cup finals will see 48 nations taking part, 16 more than in Qatar 2022.

These are the 28 countries that have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup finals.

UEFA (Europe)

England

CONMEBOL (South America)

Argentina

Ecuador

Colombia

Uruguay

Brazil

Paraguay

CAF (Africa)

Algeria

Cape Verde

Ivory Coast

Egypt

Ghana

Morocco

Senegal

South Africa

Tunisia

AFC (Asia)

Japan

Australia

Iran

Jordan

South Korea

Uzbekistan

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

CONCACAF (North/Central America and Caribbean) now qualified for 2026 World Cup finals

Canada (hosts)

Mexico (hosts)

United States (hosts)

OFC (Oceania) now qualified for 2026 World Cup finals

New Zealand