- The 2026 World Cup is the first edition to feature 48 nations, organised into 12 groups of four teams.
- The knockout stages comprise the 12 group winners, 12 runners-up, and the eight best third-placed teams.
- A total of 16 nations have been sent home now the group stage is at a conclusion.
- Teams that have qualified for the knockout stages are as follows: Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, Canada, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Morocco, USA, Australia, Paraguay, Germany, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Belgium and Egypt.
- They are joined by: Spain, Cape Verde, France, Norway, Senegal, Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Colombia, Portugal, DR Congo, England, Croatia and Ghana.
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