16 places and 8 third places.. The teams that qualified for the round of 32 in the World Cup and the departure | sports

The curtain has fallen on the group stage competitions in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, currently being held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

The 48 teams participating in the tournament were divided into 12 groups, with 4 teams in each group, with the winner and runner-up qualifying for the knockout rounds, in addition to the best 8 third-placed teams in the 12 groups.

The teams that qualified from the 2026 World Cup groups to the round of 32:

• Group One (Mexico – South Africa).
• The second group (Switzerland – Canada – Bosnia and Herzegovina).
• The third group (Brazil – Morocco).
• Group Four (United States – Australia – Paraguay).
• Group Five (Germany – Côte d’Ivoire – Ecuador).
• Group Six (Netherlands – Japan – Sweden).
• Group Seven (Belgium – Egypt).
• Group H (Spain – Cape Verde).
• Group Nine (France – Norway – Senegal).
• Group Ten (Argentina – Austria – Algeria).
• Group Eleven (Colombia – Portugal – Democratic Republic of the Congo).
• Group Twelfth (England – Croatia – Ghana).

The teams that qualified as the third best:

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2. Paraguay.
3. Ecuador.
4. Sweden.
5. Senegal.
6. Algeria.
7. Democratic Republic of the Congo.
8. Ghana.

The teams that exited the 2026 World Cup from the group stage:

1. South Korea.
2. Czech Republic.
3. Qatar.
4. Scotland.
5. Haiti.
6. Türkiye.
7. Curacao.
8. Tunisia.
9. Iran.
10. New Zealand.
11. Uruguay.
12. Saudi Arabia.
13. Iraq.
14. Jordan.
15. Uzbekistan.
16. Panama.