The draw for the 2026 World Cup is happening in Washington DC on Friday, December 5 however the full schedule for the event will be launched at a special time.
FIFA have launched loads of particulars about the draw and here’s how it will all work.
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42 out of the 48 groups have confirmed their spot at the 2026 World Cup subsequent summer time, with video games held throughout the USA, Mexico and Canada and the three hosts already know the place they will play their group stage video games. But the place will everybody else play, and when?
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Here are all the particulars it’s essential to know.
How to look at the 2026 World Cup stay, stream
The 2026 World Cup draw begins at 12pm ET on Friday, December 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
You can watch the draw stay en Espanol on Telemundo and on Peacock here, whereas the Pro Soccer Talk crew will be internet hosting a stay Watchalong present to interrupt down the draw because it’s occurring, here.
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When will the 2026 World Cup schedule be launched?
It has been confirmed by FIFA that although we will know which groups are in every of the 12 teams, we will not know the place they’re enjoying till Saturday, December 6. Why? Here’s the rationalization from FIFA:
“While the Final Draw will determine which teams play each other in the group stage, the updated match schedule, including the stadium assigned to each match and the respective kick-off time, will be confirmed on Saturday, 6 December.
“The match allocation course of that follows the draw goals to make sure the very best circumstances for all groups whereas, the place potential, enabling followers throughout the world to look at their groups play stay throughout completely different time zones.”
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So, principally, after the teams are drawn FIFA will then place the video games in the finest location potential when it comes timezones.
Therefore groups from Asia and Europe will doubtless play earlier in the day and be based mostly on the East Coast, whereas groups from North, Central and South America will play in the later video games and that in all probability means they will be based mostly on the West Coast for the group stage.