{"id":119631,"date":"2025-12-02T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/world-cup-2026-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-draw\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:52:49","slug":"world-cup-2026-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/world-cup-2026-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Everything you need to know about the draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The draw for the 2026 World Cup, which will mark a before and after in the history of soccer as the first tournament with 48 teams and 12 groups, will be held this Friday, December 5 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy Center<\/a> in Washington D.C.. The event will define the composition of groups A to L, as well as the venues where each team will play in the first phase.<\/p>\n<p>For Hispanic fans living in the United States, this draw represents a unique opportunity: for the first time the country is hosting a World Cup along with Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n<h2><!--more--><\/h2>\n<h2>How the drums are organized<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119609\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119609\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mund-2.jpg\" alt=\"World Cup 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FIFA established four pools of 12 teams each, based on the FIFA Ranking of November 19, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Draw 1:<\/strong> includes the three hosts &#8211; Mexico, the United States and Canada &#8211; along with the nine top-ranked teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rounds 2 and 3:<\/strong> organized according to the order of ranking and recent international performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Draw 4:<\/strong> integrates the remaining teams, including those that qualified for the 2026 World Cup through intercontinental and European playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>This system seeks to prevent the soccer powers from facing each other in the initial phase, although there is always a surprise factor due to geographical restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p style=\"color: #fd9737;\">Un antes y un despu\u00e9s en la historia del f\u00fatbol<\/p><cite>Qu\u00e9Onnda.com \/&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Anfitriones tienen posiciones predefinidas&lt;\/h2&gt; &lt;wpcode wptype=<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119613\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mund-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" \/> PHOTO: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>FIFA confirmed that each host country will head a group:<\/p>\n<p>Mexico will be A1<br \/>\nCanada will be B1<br \/>\nUnited States will be D1<\/p>\n<p>This guarantees that they will play all their group stage matches at home.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico will officially open the World Cup on June 11, 2026 at the Azteca Stadium, a historic moment for both the country and the continent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the draw mechanism works<\/strong><br \/>\nThe draw follows a strict but agile process:<br \/>\n1. The balls are drawn from drum 1 and distributed into groups A-L.<br \/>\n2. The procedure is repeated with drums 2, 3 and 4.<br \/>\n3. Each selection must be placed in a group compatible with the geographical rules.<\/p>\n<p>A computer system analyzes each election and determines if there are blockages by confederation.<\/p>\n<p>If the assigned group is restricted, the selection is automatically moved to the next available group.<\/p>\n<h2>Geographical restrictions<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119620\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119620\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mund-4.jpg\" alt=\"World Cup 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"119509\" class=\"elementor elementor-119509\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efa168 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3efa168\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1761a45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1761a45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4b3e3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4b3e3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac3e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ac3e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/radioton.org\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ae9e3e14-c733-11f0-a0e2-0a58a9feac02.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3eb86f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3eb86f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bf131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36bf131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dona y cambia vidas\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd7b6e9 donatenow elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd7b6e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tu donativo brinda terapias, esperanza y un futuro sin l\u00edmites a ni\u00f1os con discapacidad. Haz la diferencia hoy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6683233 donation_button elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6683233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/give.critusa.org\/campaign\/672635\/donate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">\u00a1Dona aqu\u00ed!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>The confederation rules are crucial:<\/p>\n<p>There can only be one team per confederation in each group, except for UEFA, which can have up to two European teams due to the large number of qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>This prevents, for example, two Africans from being in the same group, or two Asians from facing each other from the start.<\/p>\n<p>These limitations make the 2026 World Cup draw a mix of strategy, statistics and luck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The road to the final: new structure<\/strong><br \/>\nEach group will have four teams, and will advance:<br \/>\nThe top two teams from each group<br \/>\nThe eight best third-place teams<\/p>\n<p>This will form a 32-team playoff, bringing the total number of matches to 104, the highest number in World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA also confirmed that the four top-ranked teams (Spain, Argentina, France and England) will be placed on opposite sides of the table, meaning that they could only meet in the final.<\/p>\n<p>And while the 2026 World Cup draw will define groups, venues and countries, FIFA will publish the full schedule of matches, dates and times on Saturday, December 6, in an additional ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, the teams will know their opponents and where they will play, but not the order of the matches.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qu\u00e9Onnda.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draw for the 2026 World Cup, which will mark a before and after in the history of soccer as the first tournament with 48 teams and 12 groups, will be held this Friday, December 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.. 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