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The following is a list of teams that have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19.

Best performance: Third place (1930)

MEXICO:

Taking part as hosts

Best performance: Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)

CANADA:

Taking part as hosts

Best performance: Group stage (1986, 2022)

JAPAN

Qualified on: March 20

Best performance: Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018, 2022)

NEW ZEALAND

Qualified on: March 24

Best performance: Group stage (1982, 2010)

IRAN

Qualified on: March 25

Best performance: Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022)

ARGENTINA

Qualified on: March 25

Best performance: Winners (1978, 1986, 2022)

UZBEKISTAN

Qualified on: June 5

Best performance: Never previously qualified.

SOUTH KOREA

Qualified on: June 5

Best performance: Fourth place (2002)

JORDAN

Qualified on: June 5

Best performance: Never previously qualified.

AUSTRALIA

Qualified on: June 10

Best performance: Round of 16 (2006, 2022)

BRAZIL

Qualified on: June 10

Best performance: Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

ECUADOR

Qualified on: June 10

Best performance: Round of 16 (2006)

URUGUAY

Qualified on: September 4

Best performance: Winners (1930, 1950)

COLOMBIA

Qualified on: September 4

Best performance: Quarter-finals (2014)

PARAGUAY

Qualified on: September 4

Best performance: Quarter-finals (2010)

MOROCCO

Qualified on: September 5

Best performance: Semi-finals (2022)

TUNISIA

Qualified on: September 8

Best performance: Group Stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022)

EGYPT

Qualified on: October 8

Best performance: Round of 16 (1934)

ALGERIA

Qualified on: October 9

Best performance: Round of 16 (2014)

GHANA

Qualified on: October 12

Best performance: Quarter-finals (2010)

CAPE VERDE

Qualified on: October 13

Best performance: Never previously qualified

SOUTH AFRICA

Qualified on: October 14

Best performance: Group stage (1998, 2002, 2010)

QATAR

Qualified on: October 14

Best performance: Group stage (2022)

ENGLAND

Qualified on: October 14

Best performance: Winners (1966)

SAUDI ARABIA

Qualified on: October 14

Best performance: Round of 16 (1994)

IVORY COAST

Qualified on: October 14

Best performance: Group stage (2006, 2010, 2014)

France kept celebrations restrained after qualifying for the 2026 World Cup with a 4-0 win over Ukraine on Thursday, with captain Kylian Mbappe saying the emotional weight of the evening — the 10th anniversary of the November 13, 2015 attacks — mattered more than the result, Reuters reported.

Coach Didier Deschamps also underlined that reaching the finals was simply where Les Bleus are expected to be.

Mbappe, who scored twice and put France in control with a penalty, said: “Very proud to be there, even if it wasn’t the most important thing of the evening — the most important part was the commemoration.”

Two brothers who posed as stewards to sneak into a sold-out football match have been banned from attending games for three years, Reuters reported.

Kane and Dale Green, 29 and 31 respectively, were caught less than an hour before the Southampton-Portsmouth south coast derby kicked off in September. 

The Pompey supporting pair arrived at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton for the match - the first league meeting between the rivals for 13 years - wearing hi-vis vests and carrying radio equipment to blend in with staff, according to Reuters. 

France captain Kylian Mbappe said Les Bleus would like to remember those affected by the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks when they take on Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday -- the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that traumatized the nation, Reuters reported.

France were playing Germany that day when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt near Gate D of the Stade de France, killing one passerby, during the friendly game attended by then president Francois Hollande.

The series of coordinated attacks in Paris killed 130 people. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to Reuters.