Uruguayan football official Ignacio Alonso surprisingly proposed the additional increase at a FIFA Council meeting last month ...

A push to expand the men's 2030 World Cup to 64 teams is “a bad idea,” UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin said on Thursday.

Japan became the first national team to qualify through the World Cup qualifiers, with New Zealand and Argentina also ...

The last and biggest — certainly the most-celebrated — confederation to begin qualifying for the 2026 World Cup is UEFA, and Europe’s nations have learned their groups for qualification. There are ...

When are the UEFA World Cup qualifying playoffs? The playoffs take place in March 2026. The 16 teams involved will be split into four paths, with the overall winners of each path taking a place ...

A total of 16 UEFA nations will compete at the 48-team FIFA World Cup finals in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Check out the competition format and how the qualifiers will be decided.

The European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will run from March to November ... The groups involving teams in UEFA Nations League quarter-final action will be finalised after those ties ...

This mix of established powerhouses and emerging teams promises to deliver competitive matches. For instance, Spain's encounter with Turkey is poised to be a highlight, showcasing skillful play and ...

On Monday 24 March, just one Nerazzurri player was in action with the national team in the second game of qualifiers: ...

No Uefa countries have qualified for 2026 yet ... The Conmebol group has long been regarded as the toughest World Cup qualification process, with all 10 member sides partaking in one large ...

European (UEFA) 2026 World Cup qualification format First round (March 21-November 18, 2025): Twelve groups of 4-5 nations play round-robin, home-and-away. Group winners qualify for 2026 World Cup.