FIFA initially planned for their expanded competition to involve 16 groups of three teams, but the thrills that the four-team groups supplied in Qatar mean the group stage in 2026 ...

This edition will bring a major change with the expansion to 48 teams, organized into 12 groups of four. With more matches ...

Seven out of a possible 48 nations have booked their tickets to the 2026 World Cup, with Canada, Mexico, and the United ...

Qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup began on Oct. 12, 2023, when minor nations from the Asian confederation played their first round of matches ... will join hosts United States, Mexico ...

Japan will compete in an eighth consecutive World Cup and have reached the Round of 16 in each of ... a wake-up call for the United States that the World Cup is coming. FIFA will 'analyze ...