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2026 FIFA World Cup Draw Live Streaming: With 48 teams in the fray, the FIFA World Cup that will be hosted by three nations (the USA, Canada and Mexico) next year will be the biggest one in history. Most of those 48 teams (some are yet to secure qualification) will find out their fates tonight as the draw for the FIFA World Cup will be held in John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
The 48 teams will be divided into 12 groups of four teams each. Once the tournament starts, 32 teams will advance from those preliminary groups to the single-elimination knockout rounds.
It must be noted that currently, six of the 48 teams are yet to be determined, and will only be known in March 2026.
Here’s a quick explainer on how the pots are organised and how the draw will be held:
Balls corresponding with the competing countries will be separated into four pots of 12, and each group will include one team drawn from each pot. The pots are as follows, with each team’s current FIFA ranking in parentheses.
Pot 1 — Spain (1), Argentina (2), France (3), England (4), Brazil (5), Portugal (6), Netherlands (7), Belgium (8), Germany (9), United States (14), Mexico (15), Canada (27).
Pot 2 — Croatia (10), Morocco (11), Colombia (13), Uruguay (16), Switzerland (17), Japan (18), Senegal (19), Iran (20), South Korea (22), Ecuador (23), Austria (24), Australia (26).
Pot 3 — Norway (29), Panama (30), Egypt (34), Algeria (35), Scotland (36), Paraguay (39), Tunisia (40), Ivory Coast (42), Uzbekistan (60), Qatar (51), Saudi Arabia (60), South Africa (61).
Pot 4 — Jordan (66), Cape Verde (68), Ghana (72), Curaçao (82), Haiti (84), New Zealand (86), UEFA Playoff A, UEFA Playoff B, UEFA Playoff C, UEFA Playoff D, FIFA Playoff 1, FIFA Playoff 2.
It has already been determined that Mexico will be put in Group A, Canada in Group B and the U.S. in Group D.
Another quirk of the draw is that the top four teams in the FIFA ranking — Spain, Argentina, France and England — will be drawn in a way that, should they win their groups, they would not face each other before the semifinals.
Here’s all you need to know about catching the live streaming of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw tonight:
When and at what time is the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw?
The FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw will be held at 10:30 PM IST on Friday.
How to watch the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw?
The World Cup draw will be streamed on the FIFA website and via official social‑media accounts. There is unlikely to be any live streaming platform or TV channel that will show the draw live.
