American time and how to watch the 2026 World Cup draw live

During the first week of December 2025 will be implemented Draw from World Cup 2026. the FIFA Confirm it This event will determine future meetings Which will be held in Mexico, the United States and Canada, and will be attended by managers and important figures from the world of football.

he Lottery Which will determine the confrontations that will be witnessed World Cup 2026 It will be done next Friday 5 DecemberAccording to FIFA.

The 2026 World Cup draw will take place next Friday, December 5, 2025 (FIFA)

It will be the location of this event Kennedy Center in Washington, DCthe capital of the United States.

Transmission Live from the World Cup draw It will start at 12:00 noon. (US Eastern Time). The platforms you can listen to are:

TV channels

Broadcast online

So far, there are 42 teams that have already secured a ticket to the first division World Cup 2026 Who will participate in the next? LotteryAccording to FIFA, these are:

The federation explained that there are still players available Six seats to World Cup 2026Four of them will be selected in the UEFA qualifiers (European Football Association) The remaining two are in an inter-continental playoff between Bolivia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname.

42 teams have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup, and the remaining six places will be determined in the qualifiers (FIFA)

In accordance with FIFA procedures Host countriesnamely Mexico, the United States and Canada, will be assigned to Bass drum 1.

others Selections are categorized They will be distributed among the four pots, according to their position in the Federation classification, and Replay winners he It will be assigned to Pot 4.

Organize everyone Bass drums Who will participate in 2026 World Cup draw He is:

Drum 1: Canada, Mexico, United States, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

Drum 2: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Austria and Australia.

Drum 3: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Drum 4: Jordan, Cape Verde, Ghana, Curacao, Haiti, New Zealand, qualifiers A, B, C and D from the European qualifiers, seeds 1 and 2 from the FIFA qualifiers.

Estadio Azteca will host the opening match of the 2026 World Cup (Protoplasma Kidd)

party Opening of the 2026 World Cup It will happen next June 11 at Estadio Aztecafrom Mexico City. While the final, in which the winning team will be known, will be determined on July 19.

A total of 104 matches will be played, which is 40 more than were played in the tournament Qatar World Cup 2022.

According to the new format of FIFAThe finalists must have played 8 matches to reach the confrontation that will determine the next champion of the tournament World Cup 2026.