The draw for the 2026 World Cup is happening in Washington DC on Friday, December 5 however the full schedule for the event will likely be launched at a unique time.
FIFA have launched loads of particulars concerning the draw and here’s how it will all work.
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42 out of the 48 groups have confirmed their spot on 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’ll play their group stage video games. However the place will everybody else play, and when?
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Listed below are all the main points you could know.
Learn how to watch the 2026 World Cup stay, stream
The 2026 World Cup draw begins at 12pm ET on Friday, December 5 on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, DC.
You possibly can watch the draw stay en Espanol on Telemundo and on Peacock here, whereas the Professional Soccer Discuss crew will likely 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 regardless that we’ll know which groups are in every of the 12 teams, we won’t know the place they’re enjoying till Saturday, December 6. Why? This is the reason from FIFA:
“Whereas the Ultimate Draw will decide which groups play one another within the group stage, the up to date match schedule, together with the stadium assigned to every match and the respective kick-off time, will likely be confirmed on Saturday, 6 December.
“The match allocation course of that follows the draw goals to make sure the very best situations for all groups whereas, the place doable, enabling followers all around the world to observe 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 very best location doable when it comes timezones.
Due to this fact groups from Asia and Europe will probably play earlier within the day and be primarily based on the East Coast, whereas groups from North, Central and South America will play within the later video games and that most likely means they are going to be primarily based on the West Coast for the group stage.
