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With eyes across the globe focused on 48 balls being plucked from four bowls, next year's World Cup came into focus Friday when a draw determined Argentina and Lionel Messi will start their title defence against Algeria.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 : The 2026 World Cup draw will take place at 1700GMT on Friday and though the 42 nations assured of their slot will have to wait more than an hour to discover their opponents, they will have to wait another 24 to find out where and when they will be playing.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 : Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber said the arrival of elite players such as Lionel Messi has helped the sport cement its place in a crowded U.S. market, as anticipation builds across the country for Friday's World Cup draw in Washington.
The draw for the 2026 World Cup takes place Friday at 12 p.m. ET at the Kennedy Center in Washington, for the purpose of dividing the 48-team field into 12 groups of four. Once the tournament starts, 32 teams will advance from those preliminary groups to the single-elimination knockout rounds.
PARIS, Dec 2 : Debutants will take centre stage at Friday’s 2026 World Cup draw along with concerns over heat, player welfare and the practical challenge of staging football’s biggest tournament across three countries during the peak of a North American summer.
The 2026 World Cup pots have been finalized, meaning that the procedure for making the 12 groups for the 48-team tournament is set.
(makes clear in paragraph three that teams have to win their groups)
The Republic of Ireland will be bottom seeds if they qualify for the 2026 World Cup in North America.