Uruguayan football official Ignacio Alonso surprisingly proposed the additional increase at a FIFA Council meeting last month ...

The European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup got under way on Friday 21 March as nations from around the continent ...

OFC European World Cup qualifying soft-launched in March. It won't kick into full gear until September, but six of the 12 ...

The European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are scheduled to run from March 2025 until the play-offs in March 2026. Teams were drawn into 12 groups of four and five teams in Zurich on 13 ...

The last and biggest — certainly the most-celebrated — confederation to begin qualifying for the 2026 World Cup is UEFA, and Europe’s nations have learned their groups for qualification. There are ...

June 7, 2025: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs San Marino (Group H) - kick-off 2pm June 7, 2025: Malta vs Lithuania (Group G) - kick-off 5pm June 7, 2025: Andorra vs England (Group K) - kick-off 5pm ...

On March 25, 2025, the final grouping for the European qualifiers of the World Cup was officially revealed, igniting excitement among fans. Italy is set to clash with Norway, while Spain is gearing up ...

BBC Sport looks at who has booked a place at the 2026 World Cup already, and how qualifying works around the world.

As the qualification race continues, Matchday 2 of the European qualifiers promises an exciting lineup of fixtures, with several key matches set to take place on March 24 and March 25, 2025 ...

European World Cup qualifying soft-launched in March. It won't kick into full gear until September, but six of the 12 groups — the ones with five teams, as opposed to four — are underway.