England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland discovered their fate.
European nations have discovered their route to the 2026 World Cup after the qualifying draw was made in Zurich, Switzerland, on Friday afternoon.Teams drawn in groups of five will begin qualifying in March and the groups of four start their campaigns in September. All groups will conclude in November 2025.The group stage runs from March to November 2025 and consists of 12 qualifying groups of four or five teams.
While the 54 UEFA member associations eventually enter the group stage, 24 of them first continue in the Nations League in March 2025 by participating in the Nations League quarter-finals, or the UNL promotion/relegation play-offs in March 2025.To allow the parallel scheduling of EQ and UNL matches in March and June 2025, several conditions must be implemented for the allocation of teams to either groups of four or five teams.
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