OFC 2026 WC Qualifying

[NoMates]

New Caledonia's coach is trying to get friendly's lined up but there FA is broke.

 

[NicCarBel]

Post in thread '2026 UEFA WC Qualification'

Sep 10, 2025

Am doing this here first, as this is the one that will be most affected

Disclaimer* - bold nations are already qualified - confirmed for the playoff stage. These are SOLELY using the current standings of WCQ groups - the only exception will be the rest of AFC as this has not started (using seeds as the basis)

EDIT: Have updated as of 10 Sep 2025 AM AEST

Intercontinental Playoffs

• Iraq (58)
• Bolivia (80)
• New Caledonia (150)
• Congo DR (60)
• El Salvador (88)
• Curacao (84)

AFC

• Japan (18)
• Iran (21)
• Uzbekistan...

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[NicCarBel]

Post in thread 'WC 2026 Seedings'

Oct 13, 2025

I can't be bothered looking for the original - will update and copypasta this post sometime tomorrow, and then again on Wednesday afternoon (after all qualifiers for this window are complete)

CURRENT PROJECTED QUALIFICATION SLOTS (based SOLELY off Current Group Standings, and then FIFA Rankings to decide playoff participants/winners/etc

Bold = already qualified for that stage/World Cup finals
Pots + rankings to come after work (and playoff paths, I might try and work that out too as best I can)

CURRENT as of 14/10/2025 3pm AEDT

CONCACAF

1. USA (16)
2. Canada...

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[NicCarBel]

POT 1

• USA
• Canada
• Mexico
• Spain
• Argentina
• France
• England
• Brazil
• Portugal
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Germany

POT 2

• Croatia
• Morocco
• Colombia
• Uruguay
• Switzerland
• Japan
• Senegal
• Iran
• Korea
• Austria
• Ecuador
• Australia

POT 3

• Norway
• Panama
• Egypt
• Algeria
• Paraguay
• Tunisia
• Scotland
• Ivory Coast
• Uzbekistan
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa

POT 4

• Jordan
• Cape Verde
• Ghana
• New Zealand
• Haiti
• Curacao
• UEFA 1
• UEFA 2
• UEFA 3
• UEFA 4
• Intercontinental 1
• Intercontinental 2

Intercontinental playoffs
SEEDED into Final Playoff:

• Iraq
• DR Congo

UNSEEDED - will playoff eachother, with the 2x winners each facing the Seeded nations for 2x spots into the World Cup

• Jamaica
• Suriname
• Bolivia
• New Caledonia

UEFA Playoffs
Pots for Playoff draw

POT 1	POT 2	POT 3	POT 4
Italy	Poland	Republic of Ireland	Romania
Denmark	Wales	Albania	Sweden
Turkey	Czech	Bosnia and Herzegovina	North Macedonia
Ukraine	Slovakia	Kosovo	Northern Ireland

Round 1
Pot 1 v Pot 4 (single leg, home venue of Pot 1)
Pot 2 v Pot 3 (single leg, home venue of Pot 2)
Round 2
Winner of Matches 1 v Winner of Matches 2 (home venue determined by random draw)