LIVE: 2026 World Cup Group Draw

The FIFA is hosting the 2026 World Cup draw this Friday (5) starting at 2 PM (Brasília time) in Washington, United States. The event will feature the presence of Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neal, Wayne Gretzky, Rio Ferdinand, and Donald Trump. Radio Gaúcha is covering the event live. Follow the World Cup draw live. Get more Sports news on NSC Total. The celebrities attending the draw for the 2026 World Cup. The 2026 World Cup draw will also be broadcast live by TV Globo, SporTV, and GE TV. How will the World Cup draw work? FIFA will draw the group stage matchups using balls divided into four pots. There will be a total of 12 groups with 48 teams. The teams in pot 1, including the host nations and the top nine teams in the FIFA rankings, which includes Brazil, will be the group leaders. The draw will follow the rule of avoiding teams from the same confederation being in the same group. The exception will be Europe, which will have 16 representatives for only 12 groups. Pot 1 teams: Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany. Pot 2: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, South Korea, Ecuador, Austria, Australia. Pot 3: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa. Pot 4: Jordan, Cape Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, European Playoff 1, 2, 3, and 4, World Playoff 1 and 2.