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.

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.

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Europa League 2024-25 organized by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is set to start from September 25-26. 36 teams will take part in the competition in this edition for the continental trophy. The final will take place on May 21, 2025, at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain.

The new format of the Europa League will have the conventional group stage transformed into a league phase. The top eight from the league stage will automatically qualify for the round of 16, while the teams placed 9th to 16th will play two-legged play-off matches to join the top-eight. The remaining teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

Europa League 2024-25: Draw Results In Full

Pot 1

• Rangers: Tottenham, Manchester United, Lyon, Olympiacos, Malmö, Union Saint-Gilloise, FCSB, Nice
• Roma: Eintracht Frankfurt, Tottenham, Braga, AZ Alkmaar, Dynamo Kyiv, Union Saint-Gilloise, Athletic Bilbao, Elfsborg
• Porto: Manchester United, Lazio, Olympiacos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Midtjylland, Bodø/Glimt, Hoffenheim, Anderlecht
• Manchester United: Rangers, Porto, PAOK, Fenerbahçe, Bodø/Glimt, Viktoria Plzeň, Twente, FCSB
• Tottenham: Roma, Rangers, AZ Alkmaar, Ferencváros, Qarabağ, Galatasaray, Elfsborg, Hoffenheim
• Eintracht Frankfurt: Slavia Prague, Roma, Ferencváros, Lyon, Viktoria Plzeň, Midtjylland, RFS, Beşiktaş
• Ajax: Lazio, Slavia Prague, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, Qarabağ, Beşiktaş, RFS
• Slavia Prague: Ajax, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahçe, PAOK, Malmö, Ludogorets, Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao
• Lazio: Porto, Ajax, Real Sociedad, Braga, Ludogorets, Dynamo Kyiv, Nice, Twente

Pot 2

• Real Sociedad: Ajax, Lazio, PAOK, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Viktoria Plzeň, Anderlecht, Nice
• AZ Alkmaar: Roma, Tottenham, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Ludogorets, Elfsborg, Athletic Bilbao
• Braga: Lazio, Roma, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Olympiacos, Bodø/Glimt, Union Saint-Gilloise, Hoffenheim, Elfsborg
• Fenerbahçe: Manchester United, Slavia Prague, Lyon, AZ Alkmaar, Union Saint-Gilloise, Midtjylland, Athletic Bilbao, Twente
• Ferencváros: Tottenham, Eintracht Frankfurt, AZ Alkmaar, PAOK, Malmö, Dynamo Kyiv, Nice, Anderlecht
• PAOK: Slavia Prague, Manchester United, Ferencváros, Real Sociedad, Viktoria Plzeň, Galatasaray, FCSB, RFS
• Olympiacos: Rangers, Braga, Porto, Lyon, Qarabağ, Malmö, Twente, FCSB
• Lyon: Eintracht Frankfurt, Rangers, Olympiacos, Fenerbahçe, Ludogorets, Qarabağ, Beşiktaş, Hoffenheim
• Maccabi Tel Aviv: Porto, Ajax, Real Sociedad, Braga, Midtjylland, Bodø/Glimt, Athletic Bilbao, Twente

Pot 3

• Bodø/Glimt: Porto, Manchester United, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Braga, Qarabağ, Union Saint-Gilloise, Beşiktaş, Nice
• Dynamo Kyiv: Lazio, Roma, Ferencváros, Real Sociedad, Viktoria Plzeň, Galatasaray, RFS, Hoffenheim
• Qarabağ: Ajax, Tottenham, Lyon, Olympiacos, Malmö, Bodø/Glimt, FCSB, Elfsborg
• Galatasaray: Tottenham, Ajax, PAOK, AZ, Dynamo Kyiv, Malmö, Elfsborg, RFS
• Viktoria Plzeň: Manchester United, Eintracht Frankfurt, Real Sociedad, PAOK, Ludogorets, Dynamo Kyiv, Anderlecht, Athletic Bilbao
• Union Saint-Gilloise: Roma, Rangers, Braga, Fenerbahçe, Bodø/Glimt, Midtjylland, Nice, Twente
• Ludogorets: Slavia Prague, Lazio, AZ Alkmaar, Lyon, Midtjylland, Viktoria Plzeň, Athletic Bilbao, Anderlecht
• Midtjylland: Eintracht Frankfurt, Porto, Fenerbahçe, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Union Saint-Gilloise, Ludogorets, Hoffenheim, FCSB
• Malmö: Rangers, Slavia Prague, Olympiacos, Ferencváros, Galatasaray, Qarabağ, Twente, Beşiktaş

Pot 4

• Athletic Bilbao: Slavia Prague, Roma, AZ Alkmaar, Fenerbahçe, Viktoria Plzeň, Ludogorets, Elfsborg, Beşiktaş
• Elfsborg: Roma, Tottenham, Braga, AZ Alkmaar, Qarabağ, Galatasaray, Nice, Athletic Bilbao
• FCSB: Manchester United, Rangers, Olympiacos, PAOK, Midtjylland, Qarabağ, RFS, Hoffenheim
• Hoffenheim: Tottenham, Porto, Lyon, Braga, Dynamo Kyiv, Midtjylland, FCSB, Anderlecht
• Nice: Rangers, Lazio, Real Sociedad, Ferencváros, Bodø/Glimt, Union Saint-Gilloise, Twente, Elfsborg
• Anderlecht: Porto, Slavia Prague, Ferencváros, Real Sociedad, Ludogorets, Viktoria Plzeň, Hoffenheim, RFS
• Twente: Lazio, Manchester United, Fenerbahçe, Olympiacos, Union Saint-Gilloise, Malmö, Beşiktaş, Nice
• Beşiktaş: Eintracht Frankfurt, Ajax, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lyon, Malmö, Bodø/Glimt, Athletic Bilbao, Twente
• RFS: Ajax, Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Galatasaray, Dynamo Kyiv, Anderlecht, FCSB

Europa League 2024-25: Schedule

Matchday 1: September 25/26
Matchday 2: October 3
Matchday 3: October 24
Matchday 4: November 7
Matchday 5: November 28
Matchday 6: December 12
Matchday 7: January 23, 2025
Matchday 8: January 30, 2025

Knockout Round Play-Offs: February 13 & 20, 2025

Round of 16: March 6 & 13, 2025

Quarter-finals: April 10 & 17, 2025

Semi-finals: May 1 & 8, 2025

Final: May 21, 2025 (Estadio de San Mames, Spain)

Also Read: Conference League 2024-25: League Phase Draw Pots Revealed

The Conference League 2024-25 organized by the UEFA will commence from 3 October 2024. This will be the fourth season of the tournament. 

New Format of Conference League 2024-25

The Conference League 2024-25 will be played under a new format involving a 36-team league phase. Each side faces six different teams- three at home, three away. 

The top eight by the end of the league phase will advance directly to the round of 16. Teams finishing from ninth to 24th will compete in the knockout round play-offs, with the winners going through to the last 16. Teams that finish 25th or lower in the league phase of the competition will be eliminated.

The 36 Conference League teams have been split into six pots for the league phase draw.

Pot 1
Chelsea (ENG)
Copenhagen (DEN)
Gent (BEL)
Fiorentina (ITA)
LASK (AUT)
Real Betis (ESP)

Pot 2
Başakşehir (TUR)
Molde (NOR)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
Heidenheim (GER)
Djurgården (SWE)
APOEL (CYP)

Pot 3
SK Rapid (AUT)
Omonoia (CYP)
Helsinki (FIN)
Vitória SC (POR)
Astana (KAZ)
Olimpija (SVN)

Pot 4
Cercle Brugge (BEL)
Shamrock Rovers (IRL)
The New Saints (WAL)
Lugano (SUI)
Hearts (SCO)
Mladá Boleslav (CZE)

Pot 5
Petrocub (MDA)
St. Gallen (SUI)
Panathinaikos (GRE)
TSC (SRB)
Borac (BIH)
Jagiellonia (POL)

Pot 6
Celje (SVN)
Larne (NIR)
Dinamo-Minsk (BLR)
Pafos (CYP)
Víkingur (ISL)
Noah (ARM)

Conference League 2024-25: Schedule

League phase
Matchday 1: 3 October 2024
Matchday 2: 24 October 2024
Matchday 3: 7 November 2024
Matchday 4: 28 November 2024
Matchday 5: 12 December 2024
Matchday 6: 19 December 2024

Knockout stage
Knockout round play-offs: 13 & 20 February 2025
Round of 16: 6 & 13 March 2025
Quarter-finals: 10 & 17 April 2025
Semi-finals: 1 & 8 May 2025
Final: 28 May 2025

The final of the Conference League 2024-25 will be played at Stadion Wrocław in Poland on 28 May 2025.