Summary

  • Watch reaction show straight after draw on this page (UK only)

  • Three Lions in Group L with Croatia, Panama and Ghana

  • Scotland drawn with Brazil, Morocco & Haiti

  • Republic of Ireland would face Mexico, South Africa and South Korea if they qualify

  • Wales or Northern Ireland drawn with Canada, Qatar and Switzerland if they progress

  • Mexico v South Africa will open tournament in Mexico City

  • Trump wins inaugural Fifa Peace Prize

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Emlyn Begley

  1. Group K: Portugal, Colombia, Uzbekistan

  2. Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria

  3. Group H: Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia

  4. Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Scotland

    Aaron Judge draws Scotland from pot 3 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States. Picture date: Friday December 5, 2025. PA Photo.PA Media

  5. Group G: Belgium, Iran, Egypt

  6. Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia

  7. Group E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast

  8. Group D: USA, Australia, Paraguay

  9. Group B: Canada, Switzerland, Qatar

    Aaron Judge draws Qatar from pot 3 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States.PA Media

  10. Group A: Mexico, South Korea, South Africa

  11. Time for Pot 3 - which includes Scotland - now.

  12. Nadine Yousif
    reporting from Toronto

    A man in a black shirt and a man in a blue jacket and red shirtBBC / Nadine Yousif

    Tony Cunha (Left) and Steve Torchia (Right)

    Steve Torchia describes himself as one of Team Canada’s conflicted fans.

    His parents are Italian, and he has long cheered for the Azzurri. But he says he has a hunch that the Canadian squad could make it further than Italy in this upcoming tournament.

    “This is the best Canadian team that has ever been to the World Cup,” he tells me, adding that he believes they would have qualified regardless of being a host country.

    He credits the team’s strength to their coach Jesse Marsch, an American who previously played 14 seasons with several Major League Soccer teams. Under his leadership, Canada finished fourth place last year in their very first appearance in the Copa America tournament - the only North and Central American team to make it that far.

    There’s also Alphonso Davies, who is Canada’s star player but had been sidelined since March after tearing his ACL in a match against the US. Davies appears to be recovering, as he started training again with his club Bayern Munich two weeks ago.

    “If Alphonso Davies comes back, I think we’ll be that much better,” Torchia notes.

    No matter how Team Canada does, he and fellow fan Tony Cunha say the nation will be united behind their squad once the tournament starts.

    “We’re going to become that much better because of it as a team,” says Torchia. “And as a country,” Cunha adds.

  13. Dafydd Pritchard
    BBC Sport Wales

    Wales fans can breathe a sigh of relief. If they qualify, they cannot be drawn in the same group as England.

    They were drawn together at the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2016 so, if Craig Bellamy's side can make it to North America next summer, they'll be glad to avoid their neighbours.

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    Scotland are nailed on to get Group C, a repeat of the 1998 World Cup with Brazil and Morocco!

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  15. England's first game will be against Croatia in Toronto or Dallas.

  16. Group L: England, Croatia

  17. Group K: Portugal, Colombia

  18. Group J: Argentina, Austria

  19. Group I: France, Senegal

    Shaquille O'Neal draws Senegal from pot 2 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, United States. Picture date: Friday December 5, 2025. PAPA Media

  20. Group H: Spain, Uruguay