Who has qualified for World Cup 2026?

The full line-up for the first-ever 48-team World Cup is now complete. A qualifying campaign that began almost three years ago is now complete, following the conclusion of the final play-offs on Tuesday evening. There will be four debutants in Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan, with co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico qualifying automatically.

The home nations will be represented by England and Scotland, with Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as the Republic of Ireland, suffering play-off heartbreak . Here are the 48 teams going to the World Cup Europe Teams qualified (16): England, France, Croatia, Portugal, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic What happened on Tuesday? More heartbreak for Italy, as the Azzuri failed to qualify for their third consecutive World Cup by losing to Bosnia and Herzegovina on penalties.

Sweden snuck in through the back door having finished bottom of their qualifying group by salvaging a play-off place due to their Nations League performance - so hats off to Graham Potter. Czech Republic did what Bosnia and Herzegovina managed, winning both the play-off semi-final and final on a penalty shoot-out. And Turkey are back at a World Cup for the first time in 24 years, or since they reached the semi-finals in 2002.

What happened in qualifying? Scotland and Norway both qualified for their first men’s World Cup since 1998, joining the traditional powerhouses from Europe (sorry Italy). Austria were the only other European country not at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to qualify automatically.