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.

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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: Draw Date, Pots, How To Watch Live
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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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