FIFA ranking of teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup

28 teams have qualified for the next world championship and have already secured their tickets for the 2026 World Cup In North America, there are still 20 places available (mostly for European teams that have...)

Two more matches are required to complete the group stage, and two more for the runners-up, who will have to play two additional playoff matches. Argentina is close behind Spain. In South America, the lowest-ranked qualified team is Paraguay (39th). Switzerland is 17th before its last two matches. qualifying matches.

FIFA World Ranking after the October 2025 international matches: top 50

FIFA Ranking

The host countries are ranked 14th, 16th and 28th respectively for Mexico, the USA and Canada!

On the African side, the 9 nations are ranked between 12th and 73rd.

Algeria ranked 35th, behind Egypt (32nd) and especially Morocco (12th) and Senegal (18th). The remaining African teams are:

• Ivory Coast (42nd)
• Tunisia (43rd)
• South Africa (59th)
• Cape Verde (71st)
• Ghana (73rd)

Ranking of Asian teams

Japan (19th)
Iran (21st)
South Korea (22nd)
Australia (25th)
Qatar (52nd)
Uzbekistan (55th)
Saudi Arabia (58th)
Jordan (66th)

The only Oceania team to qualify is New Zealand, which is ranked 85th (worst ranking of the 28 qualified).