Eighteen seats have been set for the 2026 World Cup, Europe and Central and North America are the slowest in the World Cup qualifiers, and no team has qualified yet

On the international match day in September, the World Cup qualifiers of various continents are in full swing. The South American competition area has been settled, and both continents of Asia and Africa will decide the final main competition quota in October, while the competition between Europe and Central and North American competition areas has just begun. The World Cup has been confirmed to have 18 participating teams, and other teams will continue to compete for the remaining 30 seats.

The 18-spending teams identified are hosts United States, Canada, and Mexico; Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Jordan, South Korea, and Australia in Asia; Morocco and Tunisia in Africa; Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, Paraguay, and New Zealand in Oceania.

The World Cup in South America ended first, and six teams including Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, and Paraguay directly advanced. In the last round, Venezuela, which had a 1-point advantage, lost 3-6 to Colombia at home. Bolivia was at the home court of the Plateau Devils, defeating the Brazilian team that had advanced ahead of schedule 1-0, completing a counterattack at the last moment, grabbing the only intercontinental play-off spot in South America. Venezuela, Peru and Chile missed the World Cup.

Morocco, which has many five major league players such as Ashraf (first right), Amrabat (five right), became the first African team to advance to the World Cup in the African qualifiers, North Africa's two top teams Morocco and Tunisia were the first to cross the line and became the top two teams in Africa to advance to the World Cup. The other two North African teams, Egypt and Algeria, have a strong lead, and they will play against Djibouti and Somalia, the weakest in the same group respectively in the next round, with a very high probability of qualifying.

The biggest upset comes from Cape Verde in Group D. With the last two rounds left in the group stage, Cape Verde leads second-place Cameroon by 4 points. As long as it can defeat the group's bottom Swaziland in the last round, this island country on the Atlantic will enter the World Cup for the first time in history. The situation in other groups is still in stalemate, and the last two rounds of the World Cup qualifiers in Africa will end on the international match day in October. The 54 African teams are divided into nine groups, each group has the first place to advance directly, and the second in the four best-achieving group will play the playoffs to determine the last place in the intercontinental playoffs.

Germany lost to Slovakia in the first round of the away round of the World Cup qualifiers. Due to the European League task in the first half of the year, the World Cup qualifiers from A to F have just begun. Traditional strong teams such as France, Spain, and Portugal all achieved two consecutive victories as they wished. The only unpopularity was Germany, losing to Slovakia 0-2 in the first round. Fortunately, it defeated Northern Ireland 3-1 in the second round, and currently ranks third in the group with 3 points. The six groups from G to L have completed five rounds of competition, and the situation of qualifying is mostly unclear. The biggest lead is England in Group K. Currently, they are ranked first in the group with all wins in five games, leading the second-place Albania team by 7 points. There are three rounds left in the group stage. As long as you win against Latvia in the next game, the Three Lions will advance to the World Cup for the eighth consecutive time.

Because the host occupies three places for the competition, there are only three places for the central and North America and Galle in this World Cup and two places for the intercontinental play-offs. The third phase of the qualifiers currently have two rounds, and the 12 teams are divided into three groups and will launch the final sprint towards the World Cup.

After the quarterfinals ended, the fourth phase of the Asian qualifiers has not yet begun. According to the lottery results, Qatar, the UAE and Oman are in Group A, while Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Indonesia are in Group B. The three teams in the group will play a single-round match during the international match day in October. The first in the two groups will advance directly, and the second in the group will play in the two-round playoffs held in November to compete for the intercontinental playoff spots in the Asian region. The qualifiers in Oceania ended in March this year. New Zealand won the only main game place in Oceania, and New Caledonia, ranked 152nd in the world, will participate in the Intercontinental Playoffs.