2026 World Cup UEFA Qualifiers: Draw Date, Pots, How To Watch Live
The 2026 World Cup UEFA qualifiers kick off in spring 2025 and will feature some of the best international teams in the world, replete with starry lineups.

Canada, Mexico and the United States are set to host the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the qualifiers are set to get going soon.
The European nations are, too, set for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, as the continent gears up for the tournament which takes place in North America in just under two years time.
The 2026 World Cup UEFA qualifiers kick off in spring 2025 and will feature some of the best international teams in the world, replete with starry lineups.
Time of draw for the 2026 World Cup UEFA qualifiers
Date: December 13, 2024
Time: 11am GMT / 6am ET
The draw for the UEFA qualifiers of 2026 World Cup will be held on Friday December 13, 2024 at FIFA headquarters in Zurich and proceedings are scheduled to get started at 11am GMT.

2026 World Cup UEFA qualifiers: Pots
Teams are divided into five pots: four groups of 12 and one group of six. They will be drawn into 12 groups: six four-team groups and six five-team groups.
Teams from the same pot cannot be drawn together.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
France | Ukraine | Scotland | Bulgaria | Moldova |
Spain | Sweden | Slovenia | Luxembourg | Andorra |
England | Turkiye | Republic of Ireland | Belarus | Malta |
Portugal | Wales | Albania | Kosovo | Gibraltar |
Netherlands | Hungary | North Macedonia | Armenia | Liechtenstein |
Belgium | Serbia | Georgia | Kazakhstan | San Marino |
Italy | Poland | Finland | Azerbaijan | – |
Germany | Romania | Iceland | Estonia | – |
Croatia | Greece | Northern Ireland | Cyprus | – |
Switzerland | Slovakia | Montenegro | Faroe Islands | – |
Denmark | Czechia | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Latvia | – |
Austria | Norway | Israel | Lithuania | – |
2026 World Cup UEFA qualifiers: How to watch live
Football fans in England, Italy, Spain and across the world will be able to watch the draw live on FIFA’s official website, fifa.com.
The draw will also be available to stream live on FIFA+ and its official YouTube channel. The event will be broadcast by FIFA’s various television and streaming partners across the globe.
Country | Network |
United Kingdom | BBC |
United States | FOX Sports, Telemundo, Univision |
Canada | CTV, TSN |
France | L’Equipe, TF1 |
Germany | ARD, RTL, SKY, ZDF |
Italy | RAI |
Netherlands | NOS, Ziggo Sport |
Portugal | RTP, Sport TV |
Republic of Ireland | RTE |
Spain | TVE |
Turkiye | Saran – TV8 |
Wales | S4C |
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