Michael Kenrick 05/12/2025 11comments  |  Jump to last

The highly elaborate and complex draw for the massive 48-team 2026 World Cup takes place in Washington DC this evening.

England start their World Cup campaign against Croatia, Ghana and Panama

World Cup 2026 draw in full

  • Group A: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Winner of Uefa play-off D*

  • Group B: Canada, Winner of Uefa play-off A*, Qatar, Switzerland

  • Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland

  • Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, Winner of Uefa play-off C*

  • Group E: Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador

  • Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Winner of Uefa play-off B*, Tunisia

  • Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

  • Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

  • Group I: France, Senegal, Winner of Fifa play-off 2*, Norway

  • Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

  • Group K: Portugal, Winner of Fifa play-off 1*, Uzbekistan, Colombia

  • Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama

*Uefa play-off A: Italy, Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina or Northern Ireland

*Uefa play-off B: Ukraine, Poland, Albania or Sweden

*Uefa play-off C: Turkey, Slovakia, Kosovo or Romania

*Uefa play-off D: Denmark, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland or North Macedonia

*Fifa play-off 1: DR Congo, Jamaica or New Caledonia

*Fifa play-off 2: Iraq, Bolivia or Suriname

 

 

 

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Bill Gall
1 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:07:14
Is anyone else watching this load of crap that is billed as the draw for the World Cup?
Kieran Kinsella
2 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:13:46
Bill,

It is nauseating and tedious.

Mike Gaynes
3 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:19:30
Bill, I couldn't stomach it.

Not with fat boy Trump on hand.

Kieran Kinsella
4 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:20:51
Mike

You're missing the Rio Ferdinand comedy hour. Incredible stuff amazed he never made it as a stand-up.

Now they're bringing out Wayne Gretzsky for some reason. It's like a more boring, longer version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Kieran Kinsella
5 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:25:00
For fuck's sake, now they have to name the teams in Pot 1, then draw them out of a hat.

We already know who the seeds are, why drag it out as if Cape Verde are going to creep in there as a surprise package???

Bill Gall
6 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:25:19
Only the Americans can make Comedy Hour for a draw for the World Cup.
Dale Self
7 Posted 05/12/2025 at 18:46:11
Gretzky is Trump's boyfriend.
Kieran Kinsella
8 Posted 05/12/2025 at 21:03:08
The weirdest thing about this corruptly run event is the fact they still haven't decided where some games will be played and will do so by an opaque process overnight.

So presently, people who've bought tickets currently going for $500 at a minimum in Kansas City are waiting to find out which of the 20 June fixtures they will see. On one hand, it could be Germany v Ivory Coast. One of the giants against a decent African side capable of an upset. The other option is the match up of Ecuador v Curacao. Likewise on 27th we will either have Argentina playing in KC or Austria v Jordan. Talk about variability in getting your money's worth!!

Paul Griffiths
9 Posted 05/12/2025 at 21:04:58
Only in America. That was embarrassing from start to finish. So many cringe moments.

It is a long while since I saw something so out of place as Lauryn Hill and the lads in front of all the suits. Hard-boiled egg Infantino might have well got down on his knees and unzipped the president.

I am dreading what the Yanks will do in June. I know it will be tacky. And they will, needless to say, combine the 250th anniversary with the World Cup.

Today was utterly crass. And what the fuck was Ferdinand doing there? Wonder if the President will gatecrash the winners' trophy celebrations again.

Paul Griffiths
10 Posted 05/12/2025 at 21:37:14
And, of course, there was pure politics of the worthless first FIFA peace prize, dreamed up by brown nose Infantino.

Does anyone know if it was openly competitively with multiple nominations that were all taken seriously by a panel of experts on global politics and war or was it Rio Ferdinand, Geoff Nulty, and Gazza?

Kieran Kinsella
11 Posted 05/12/2025 at 21:59:46
Paul

Lauren Hill was bizarre but of all people, Rio Ferdinand? A guy who's most notable international moment came when Roy Hodgson controversially left him out of the World Cup squad after his brother was allegedly racially abused by John Terry.

Couldn't they have got someone from one of the hosts nations -- like Rio, they never won anything either. Or a World Cup winner who lives in the US, like Klinsmann?

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