The final six places for the 2026 World Cup will be determined by two playoff tournaments in March.
Four more teams will qualify from Europe, along with two from the rest of the world.
The UEFA playoffs will consist of 16 nations, while FIFA’s intercontinental playoffs feature six.
The successful teams will join the 42 other nations to have qualified for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, which runs through June and July.
Here’s what to know about the playoffs.
European playoffs
Twelve runners-up from the European qualifying groups advanced to the playoffs. Four more teams advanced as the highest-ranked group winners from the UEFA Nations League which did not place in the top two of their European qualifying group.
Group runners-up: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Kosovo, Poland, Ireland, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.
Nations League group winners: Romania, Sweden, Northern Ireland, North
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