the 29 teams that have already secured their presence at the 2026 World Championship

After it was 0-0 at halftime, the French went wild in the second half. Mbappe opened the scoring in the 55th minute, from the penalty spot. Olise made it 2-0, from Kante's pass, and Mbappe scored the double in the 83rd minute, dispelling any doubt about the winner.

Ekitike put the icing on the cake with a late goal and France qualified ahead of the final group stage of the qualifiers. The “Galic Rooster” national team will face Azerbaijan again on Sunday.

France, the second European national team mathematically qualified for the World Championship

Before France, from Europe only England qualified mathematically for the World Cup. The rest will be decided in the coming days, when all the groups will know their winners. The 12 national teams that will finish 1st in the group will go directly.

The teams that will rank 2nd will participate in the play-off in March, where there will also be 4 national teams from the Nations League route. Romania will also be in the playoffs, even if they don't finish 2nd in the preliminaries. The “Tricolori” have the road secured anyway on the Nations League route, because they won their group in League C.

• In total, 29 national teams have already qualified for next year's World Championship, which will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The tournament will take place between June 11 and July 19. It will be the first tournament in history with 48 teams.

The 29 national teams already qualified for the World Cup

1. United States of America (host country)

2. Canada (host country)

3. Mexico (host country)

4. Argentine

5. Brazil

6. Ecuador

7. Uruguay

8. Paraguay

9. Colombia

10. Japan

11. Iran

12. South Korea

13. Uzbekistan

14. Jordan

15. Australia

16. new zealand

17. Morocco

18. Tunisia

19. Egypt

20. Algeria

21. Ghana

22. Cape Verde

23. Senegal

24. Ivory Coast

25. South Africa

26. Qatar

27. Saudi Arabia

28. England

29. France

How the 2026 World Cup places are distributed

• Canada, Mexico and United States of America (host countries)

• 16 places for UEFA

• 9 seats for the African zone

• 8 seats for the Asian area

• 3 seats for Central America

• a place for Oceania

• 6 seats for South America

• 2 places in the intercontinental play-offs

2026 World Championship Schedule

• Group phase: 11 – 27 June 2026

• “16th”: June 28 – July 3, 2026

• eighth: 4 – 7 July 2026

• quarters: 9-11 July 2026

• Semifinals: 14-15 July 2026

• The small final: July 18, 2026

• The final: July 19, 2026