The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is complete, with all 12 groups for next summer's tournament locked in.

Co-host nation Mexico is the highest-ranked team in its group, but only by seven spots, as South Korea is ranked 22nd in the world by FIFA. That gap could get even smaller if Denmark, the 21st-ranked team in the world, wins its playoff matches and rounds out Group A.

The FIFA World Cup is only played once every four years, and it is arguably the most eagerly anticipated event in all of sports.

The 48-team field, the largest in the competition’s history, will be divided into 12 groups of four during a draw held in Washington, D.C.

The draw for the 2026 World Cup takes place Friday at the Kennedy Center, for the purpose of dividing the 48-team field into 12 groups of four. Once the tournament starts, 32 teams will advance from those preliminary groups to the single-elimination knockout rounds.

The UEFA pathway offers four places and features 16 teams: The 12 runners-up from the European Qualifiers group stage, plus four teams that qualified via the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League. These teams will contest eight semifinals and four finals, with the winners of the finals earning World Cup qualification.