England and Scotland are among the nations who have qualified for the 2026 World Cup and were in attendance in the United States on Friday to discover their fate next year

Follow live coverage as teams are drawn for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The tournament will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer.

The only time in the history of the World Cup that lots have been drawn was in 1990, when the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records in the group stage.

Watch the 2026 Men's FIFA World Cup Draw live. Stream every moment as nations learn their group-stage fate ahead of soccer’s biggest tournament.

With the expanded World Cup drawing closer, the draw will commence to set the group stage matchups and the bracket, so teams will know their potential pathway to the final.

Today’s World Cup draw determined which teams will face off in the group stage, and also featured the awarding of the newly created FIFA Peace Prize to President Donald Trump. Follow live updates.

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