OR National team of Greece he learns opponents for his qualifiers World Cup 2026, with the “blue and white” waiting for Friday’s draw (13/12/24, 13:00) to see which teams they will face on the road to the USA.
On Friday (13/12/24) at 13:00 in Zurich, the draw for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will take place, with the Greek National Team learning the countries they will face.
The “blue and white” which is in the 2nd capacity group will be represented by our federal coach, Ivan Yovanovits, Dimitris Salpingidis, and also Vassilis Torosidis.
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In Zurich on Friday, December 13 at 13:00 Greek time, the draw of the groups of the European zone for the qualifying phase of the World Cup 2026 will take place. In the 2nd capacity group, the National Team, which will be represented in the draw by the federal coach, Ivan Jovanovic, Dimitris Salpingidis and Vassilis Torosidis.
Qualifying phase:
The European zone group matches will start in March and finish in November 2025. 12 groups of four or five teams will be drawn and the group winners will secure a place in the final phase of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be played at the stadiums of the USA, Canada and Mexico.
For the remaining 4 places that UEFA is entitled to (the European teams that will take part in the final phase of the World Cup have increased from 13 to 16) play-offs will be held, in which 16 teams will participate, specifically the 12 runners-up of the qualifying groups and the top 4 of the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League groups not having secured qualification as group winners, nor they will have entered the play-offs as runners-up.
The draw will start from the 1st capacity group and continue with the rest, up to the 5th. It is worth noting that thanks to its excellent results in the Nations League, the National Team is in the 2nd capacity group.
The draw capacity groups:
1st group: France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, Switzerland, Croatia, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Austria.
2nd group: Ukraine, Sweden, Turkey, Wales, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, Romania, GreeceSlovakia, Czech Republic, Norway.
3rd group: Scotland, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, North Macedonia, Georgia, Finland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Montenegro, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Israel.
4th group: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Belarus, Kosovo, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Lithuania.
5th group: Moldova, Malta, Andorra, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, San Marino.
*The draw will be broadcast via live streaming from the FIFA website.