World Cup 2026 | How EVERY COUNTRY Can Qualify

[@tylerq-b3001]

Honestly the most New Zealand football thing to do would be to go through the inter-confederation playoff now that OFC have an automatic spot

[@MrThegreatuser]

Now Australia should seriously think about getting back to OFC

[@kyufuyuvbvbllymjnncuhuhbuh7538]

That would mean a pacific team - most likely Solomon Islands - will be in the world cup which would be awesome

[@bencebarabas3555]

@@MrThegreatuser I don't think so, now Asia also has 8+1 spots and they made the WC everytime from AFC with 4+1 spots. They will still probably qualify everytime and they can play teams at their level and improve instead of going back to winning 15-0 against amateurs which helps the team as much as a training session

[@satyamsinha6036]

​@@bencebarabas3555why they Stoll a spot of an Asian team

[@akshaykumarprabhudessai1148]

Australia steal our one spot in Asia

[@jnyYT]

What a video, made it so understandable. But imagine an Asian team like Iran went all that way just to lose in the inter-confederation playoffs 😧

[@StatsUnited]

They would have played 23 games!

[@hash1713]

nah they will qualify easily in Round 3, it will be teams like Uzbekistan, UAE, Oman, Jordan, Iraq or Syria that will probably play inter continental playoff

[@Userone594]

@@hash1713fax Iran is acc a very strong Asian national team

[@nikheelsivarajan6847]

@@hash1713 Or India!!

[@FernandoCruz-np9ev]

Iran won’t qualify due to conflict with the US

[@sn19901]

New Zealand not qualifying directly from OFC would be the ultimate joke 😂

[@nawa1903]

💀Ong

[@Tsurui_Toya]

And Portugal missed the World Cup 2026

[@FingertipPhil]

the solomon islands could do the job though

[@smiis3149]

@@FingertipPhil not even close to the realm of possible anymore, mate. it previously was as games were often held in completely inhospitable conditions in the Pacific Islands which evened the playing field and allowed the slight possibility of a shock, but it's not even close to possible now

[@NORAINIABHAMED]

Not after the 10-0 beating they received from Malaysia

[@sbflying]

Burundi making the World Cup would be legendary

[@huykim4663]

The leapfrog in this sim is GOATED.

[@user-fp8vl3mb2i]

almost impossible , africa has a lot of decent teams and the level is almost equal

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

Four games in, Burundi hasn’t lost their chance yet. Third with 7 points in their group

[@EatMyShortsAU]

Meanwhile some north american team will get destroyed 6-0

[@PhotoFredrik]

Norway misses the automatic qualification by one point, then goes on to lose the playoff narrowly... This simulation is hauntingly accurate.

[@KSAOSC]

This is by far the best video to ever explain world cup qualifying, please do this more

[@milksidestuff]

Woah a fellow object show and football/soccer fan!

[@titushale2101]

I think New Zealand is more underrated than people think in the 2010 World Cup they didn’t lose a match and were the only undefeated team

[@madrikz.fj.679]

fr they got robbed of a 2022 world cup spot as well

[@samcoughlan6547]

Unfortunately we seem to be completely unable to score goals as of late. Since beating the Solomons 5-0 back in March 2022 to qualify for the WC playoff against Costa Rica, we've played 10 games and scored in just two of those (2-1 W vs China and 4-1 L vs Sweden). Hopefully the promise of an automatic qualification spot means we get our act together.

[@lilytsui3015]

Unfortunately they were unable to win any match in 2010 as well…..

[@quiter44]

I've always wondered, what program do you use to simulate these matches? It got me particularly curious after your Premier League 2023-24 Simulation put Aston Villa in a title race.

[@ilikechez3488]

yeah i’m curious about that too because i kinda want to do my own just to see who qualifies

[@StandardRossoneri]

It's probably football manager @@ilikechez3488

[@epoggg3672]

Football Manager probably

[@Chuckpeeto]

and they lowkey are in a title race at this point kind of

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

@@ilikechez3488 probly footy simulator

[@Gh0uIz]

Portugal, Netherlands and Belgium not qualifying is crazy

[@transittubee]

belgium is crazier

[@AmbitiousAlgiers]

Portugal 🇵🇹, Belgium 🇧🇪 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱 have to go to the WC, they are such great outsiders with so much good offensive talents they always bring something In the World cups where Algeria 🇩🇿 isnt present I always rooted for one of them except when they’re playing an African or Arab country (especially Portugal 🇵🇹)

[@pritamghosh3404]

Portugal barely qualified for 2022 world cup...but they will qualify 2026 wc

[@ガンバッシュ]

I think so too.

[@Mr.GrayGuy]

Lets actually be real, portugal isnt really a good team

[@Damemer]

amazing video, super enjoyable, easily digestible, yet extremely informative. well done!

[@yodad7729]

Can you please explain the new format of the Champions League,Europa League & the Conference League,starting from next season?I'm still confused by it.

[@MyJesus30]

Yeah me too

[@ZebraMan74]

I think most of us are

[@StatsUnited]

List of mistakes: 1:50 - CONCACAF Round 2 is just 4 games each, not home and away 3:41 - 🇽🇰 Kosovo are completely missing from the UEFA qualifiers, sorry Kosovans! 5:05 - 🇪🇷 Eritrea have since withdrawn from qualifying 7:04 - Even though I say "they'll play each other once on neutral ground", the simulation shows each team play 4 games. The voice is correct. 9:34 - Final frame shows two Solomon Islands and no Ukraine. This is just a bug. Please let me know if there's anything else I got wrong! (not including things the simulation got wrong)

[@smiis3149]

Solomon Islands keeping a clean sheet against NZ is about the same likelihood as them winning the world cup lol. 100% attack, no defense, very entertaining to watch. New Zealand beat them 5-0 in 2022's playoff without really getting out of first gear Also, worth noting that out of the bottom 4 OFC nations, Samoa is far and away the best (beat American Samoa 10-0 the other day). Also, you mentioned that PNG have been improving but they're going through an incredibly rough patch in reality (lost 10-0 to Malaysia recently in a massive shock which has seen protests in PNG!)

[@Me-ui1zy]

OFC unfortunately isn't doing a home and away game for round 2. Just 1 game against each team. Meaning the eventual qualifier will only play 5 qualifier matches. Which is insane. OFC sucks and is very corrupt tho, so this isn't surprising.

[@donathaziri2344]

Ma hongsh karin

[@bogush2]

Looks like in final frame where you show all nations that qualified, there was no Ukraine. Or did I miss something?

[@StatsUnited]

source? The sources I've read say "league format"@@Me-ui1zy

[@auritrocalebbaroi91]

As an indian 🇮🇳 I am hopeful that at least we go for round 4 in the afc wc qualifiers and probably qualify for the 2030-38 world cup

[@you6795]

You will lose at round 2

[@parthibhayat]

Considering their rankings, they should at least make it to the 3rd round

[@auritrocalebbaroi91]

@@parthibhayat well... Yea we should

[@auritrocalebbaroi91]

@@you6795 alright 😏 let that happen first 😇

[@mradhurajsinghrathore3169]

​@@you6795 just wait bruh

[@Thatboymeher]

This. Was. Amazing, I don’t know something about seeing flags just makes videos so satisfying and captivating. (I have no idea if it’s technically known but I would have liked if dates were also mentioned, like when each round takes place)🙏🏽❤

[@Kinggrave]

I don’t think that’s possible as some continents haven’t even had their groups announced. Such as uefa who are still completing euros qualification

[@Me-ui1zy]

The dates are available on Wikipedia if you are still interested

[@dorinc5263]

FIFA: So we increase the number of teams fow WC, hope all Confederations will have an equal, simple and transparent qualification system Asia: YES!

[@rise6955]

It will be brutal war here for the qualifications !!

[@Me-ui1zy]

tbf, they don't play more games than South American teams do

[@hendisetiawan7]

Im from the future, Vietnam not even qualify in Group Stage 😂

[@gerry6172]

Malaysia too

[@thecfclad]

seeing Malaysia win the group over Oman in the second round of our AFC qualification is already a dream for me

[@coastalpaladin5024]

Amazing video. The next two years will be interesting. Thanks for the education my friend!!!

[@cameronoxnard4608]

your videos are insane, you are part of the 0.1% of football creators who are informative rather than just outrageous opinions for clicks. Have serious potential to join the upper echolans with James Allcot and Joe Thomlinson if you move into more long form more "KZbiny" videos

[@StatsUnited]

Thanks mate! I wouldn't liken myself to those lads aha I don't have anywhere near their level of knowledge about tactics and current players etc.

[@lb261benza-fu9wt]

Always love these practical videos, it’s just an amazing program👍❤️

[@reecevanwyk2579]

I've been waiting so long for someone to make a video like this and to simulate it😱

[@nert-13]

This is the best KZbin video i have seen all year. Keep up the good work m8

[@Sebas07761]

South America qualifiers is so hard might as well make top 8 auto qualify and 9th go to play-off. If, let’s say a North American team that qualified (ex. Guatemala, El Salvador) were in CONMEBOL qualifiers they would most likely finish dead last.

[@Jocyril_Cintha]

I'm Malaysian 🥺🇲🇾.. if Malaysia qualifies for the world cup 2026 ..feels like we Win the world cup ..

[@n-zedorai6613]

So sad that South East Asian nations goverent not focusing in football growth.

[@matej9368]

Big country but bad in football. What the f... Huge country but still Croatia with 3.8 million population is better than huge Malaysia...

[@matej9368]

We are proud small country 🇭🇷

[@gerry6172]

Sorry about that man.

[@SYAV-0]

​@@n-zedorai6613 but not for Indonesia, we always focust in football growth..

[@MRajYT18]

Football is the most just sport where every country has to go through qualifiers to qualify doesn't matter whether u r ranked 1 or 200. Truly global sport ⚽❤️

[@CommanderTomolok]

Thanks for this!

[@sailasrai2512]

Love your channel

[@erlindtv4069]

My brother put Albania and Serbia in the same group💀

[@isaackho-xe4nn]

lol he also added Greece and Turkey too 💀

[@leeperry3083]

I put Armenia 🇦🇲 and Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 in same group! They can settled their wars on the pitch!

[@Electrodragond1]

I hope Norway can participate it would be a dream come true to see my country play in the tournament live..

[@s6748-z5j]

have you guys ever qualified?

[@mr.belairpotato5895]

​@@s6748-z5j1998 last world cup norway played in🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@frederickdevries12]

This is one of the best videos that explains the entire process

[@cestiagaming]

Great video, it was actually really fun to watch I was just wondering, how do you simulate the matches?

[@lazarbat]

im wondering that too.

[@transittubee]

probs FM

[@StatsUnited]

Reply to this with your predictions: - An underdog that will make their debut ✅ - A giant that will fail to qualify ❌ - The World Cup winner 🏆

[@StatsUnited]

Mine are: - Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 - Croatia 🇭🇷 - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@CommanderTomolok]

Debut: 🇺🇿 Giant to fail: 🇵🇹 Winner: 🇫🇷

[@lzeslava]

- kazachstan - portugal - spain

[@monawa3atmed1k]

Madagascar Chile Uruguay

[@1903john]

🇲🇱 Mali ✅️ 🇧🇪 Belgium ❌️ 🇧🇷 Brasil 🏆

[@thebluecat4612]

India should applied for OFC, as Australia is playing in AFC.

[@sergi3688]

Amazing work mate. Insane video! Thanks from a freaky football fan to an another.

[@Prilor]

An absolute banger of a video

[@naninani3493]

Thank you very much . Hope it become reality From Vietnam 🇻🇳♥️

[@encorefootball]

Vietnam and Solomon Islands qualifying at the earliest opportunity for the WC and for the first time ever is wild

[@cooldownboi3890]

I really hope hungary qualifies for the 2026 world cup, we have some great talents and a good squad that should be able to get into the World Cup and maybe even get past the group stage

[@bencebarabas3555]

Actually for European nations, qualifying will be a lot harder than passing the groups. We need to be one of the top 16 nations in Europe to qualify, and the World Cup will have 12 groups and the top 2 plus the 8 best 3rd place teams advance. So if we qualify, there's a chance all we need to do to advance is pumping someone like Oman or Salvador.

[@cooldownboi3890]

@@bencebarabas3555 I guess you can say Ye men when you get Oman in your group

[@af4904]

@@bencebarabas3555 The european qualifiers should be the same as the asian ones, so the actual good teams of europe have a better chance to qualify.

[@myxxxomatosis2017]

Szoboszlai will carry that team. BELIEVE

[@geenkaas6380]

@@af4904 If they are so good, they should not need a better chance to qualify.

[@Moga.24]

Great video 😊

[@HenrikCOYG]

Great video

[@willypro4949]

That fact that in your simulation Bolivia went through hell on earth to qualify only to not is the most Bolivia thing 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@hazabtw]

Brilliant vid lad

[@lintangbyanthara507]

Even you made this video before AFC started their match, your sim even can predict Indonesia group in 2nd round 100% correctly🤯

[@celus6640]

Underrated video

[@panggihramadhan2992]

the inter-continental play-off match regulation with a round robin format participating by rest team from each confederation in 2 group separately 2 teams from CONCACAF 1 team from AFC 1 team from CAF 1 team from CONMEBOL 1 team from OFC

[@duyvo5315]

Very nice video! See you in 3 years to see how good your simulation predicts

[@BALHAM69]

i like the video thank you i would like to see a Bangladesh, Palestine or India in World Cup 2026 personally.😮 i know this is a long shot as you explained 😊 Will be tough; two of them they have Australia in their group :)

[@KostaKilibarda]

That's a world class video ( I'm a first-time viewer)

[@MadFeeq]

"Malaysia do well in their group" , and now has collected 6 points from 2 games . Goodluck HM

[@amrrmsa]

grouping dia memang sama ke dengan sebelum ni?

[@MadFeeq]

@@amrrmsa sama mcm draw skrg

[@samiulx19]

6:18 Bangladesh isn’t eliminated..they had qualified for Round 2

[@andreixperience]

Wow thanks for this video , amazing explanation !

[@brentparker1665]

Best video I’ve seen explaining the World Cup 2026 format. Loved it! Go Antigua and Barbuda lol that’s me!

[@keeperman4]

This is why we love the game. A true international spectacle unlike any other

[@StatsUnited]

Such a difference when you look at something like rugby world cup qualification and there's only about 30 nations participating!

[@HSPLP]

Great video! Thanks for that

[@mmelvin6760]

Giving me hope for El Salvador 🇸🇻. Amazing video, well edited and explained.

[@madfut25vids]

Brilliant video mate! How do you simulate the matches?

[@gonndo]

The explanation?? Superb dude, well done!!! The simulation?? A lot of opportunities to improve!! But a really good video. Congrats!!

[@vincentkoby3847]

great videos man really insane

[@nigelp7218]

Thanks for explaining! You deserve a medal for your hard work.

[@kingd2137]

Amazing video! Thanks

[@Remko_]

Panama getting eliminated being the best of the competing countries in the concacaf is a joke

[@zhaka5464]

GODDAMNNN. This video is sooo good. I hope you keep doing these simulations video for every major football tournaments out there, club or international. And wishing success to you and your channel.

[@mandu8173]

2026 World cup final would be Brazil vs Salomon Island

[@nicolasbruinsma2540]

what program did you use to simulate these results?

[@AmbitiousAlgiers]

I know my team (Algeria 🇩🇿) qualified easily as 1st of its group but only 20 points in 10 games ?!! We already are a 6 pts in two games so hopefully the reality won’t be as stressful ! But as a fan of football and world cup history a world cup has to have Portugal 🇵🇹, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and Belgium 🇧🇪, they are the best outsiders and have a great armada of offensive players and defensive rocks throughout generations ! It would be dull without them ! Also as an African, a world cup without Nigeria 🇳🇬, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 and Cameroon 🇨🇲 definitely decreases our chances of shining in the tournament !

[@AmbitiousAlgiers]

Oh and Ghana 🇬🇭 too ! Remember 2010 ?!

[@ilidioalves7]

Thank you so much, I was wondering how this new World Cup Qualifying would work and you explained it in a very understandable manner. Now, could you do the same for the actual World Cup itself? I hear it will be played in several groups of 3, with the 1st an 2nd qualifying to the next round and I got really confused.

[@Me-ui1zy]

Nah, they changed that this year due to concerns that teams would collude with each other. Now its 12 groups of 4 teams each. Top 2, plus best 8 third place teams go to the round of 32. Similar to how the Euros do it, but with an extra knockout round.

[@الأزهربدراليزيدي]

I am from Oman the highest ranked country in Asia that never qualified for a World Cup , hopefully we can do it this time ❤️

[@joelmacinnes2391]

What did you use to sim the qualifiers?

[@rassim2012cr7]

9:36 you put solomon islands instead of ukraine and how do you do the simulation

[@nikheelsivarajan6847]

What did you use to simulate the qualification??

[@ariefadianto1099]

thank youu, its a good video

[@SpacerMan_Universe]

How do you create these statistics?

[@sardornarzullayev9923]

What a video!!! So great

[@marvelloussaketh]

Honestly, I feel proud for U.A.E for qualifying but feel super sad for Singapore for being eliminated since the beginning.

[@Me-ui1zy]

In real life, Singapore beat Guam and just played their first 2 matches in round 2

[@scouseben97]

Asia qualifying has already started. Getting three out of four correct in South Korea’s group!

[@Nat_Tresure]

Love this video so much

[@rfhz9511]

Amazing vids, what did you you to simulate the game ?

[@mohammadalfatih59]

Just beat vietnam TWICE!! replace viet place with indonesia and we are in the world cup for the first time!! Lets fcking gooo

[@Deraus64]

Amazing Video But you forgot Kosovo in Europe

[@SAGMarbleRacing]

8:07 on "1990" it said Israel, was that an accident or did that actually happen?

[@DeafGamer-ut8sg]

I know it's been four months, but Israel, while never a member of the OFC, competed in the OFC world cup qualifiers due to political reasons. While I don't know for sure what the political reasons were, my best guess is tensions with the neighboring countries (I don't know for sure though). Israel won the OFC qualifiers in 1990 while not a member of the OFC, so while someone other than Australia and New Zealand won OFC qualifiers before, no OFC member outside of Australia and New Zealand has done so

[@ewanbeats9544]

As a Scotsman it would be nice to see Scotland get a word cup qualification 😊

[@generalpierogi7781]

The problem I have with the increase is that we might see a huge quality drop especially in the group stage, on the other hand it would be amazing to see countries qualify who never did or only once or twice did

[@James-bak5]

Where do you get this simulation engine its so cool i would like to do this myself and see how it turns out

[@regnbagsbajskorv-2776]

My random WC teams prediction: North America: Jamaica,Costa Rica,Panama Canada,Mexico,USA South America: Argentina,Uruguay,Colombia,Ecuador,Brazil,Paraguay. Europe: Spain,Germany,England,France,Denmark,Belgium,Croatia,Portugal,Holland,Italy, Serbia,Norway,Sweden,Ukraine,Hungary,Switzerland Africa: Egypt,Senegal,Rwanda,Cameroon,Morocco,Ivory Coast,Algeria,Equatorial Guinea,Comoros. Asia: Saudi,South Korea,Japan,Australia,Iran,UAE,Uzbekistan,China Oceania: New Zealand Playoffs: Venezuela,Ghana. Coming back to this after 3 years.

[@pwfb3565]

What did you use to simulate the games?, the video was great and I’ve been looking for a good game sim for a while now that’s east to use

[@PorterStats3]

It’s a game, but Football Manager is good for siming stuff. You can even create anything you like in the editor. Just a bit complicated, but it can be learnt.

[@bandarm4900]

South Korea and Japan can’t be in the same group according to their ranking. But things can change if the likes of Oman, Iraq, UAE, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam did a good job in upcoming Asian Cup, their ranking will go higher and thats would help to get a reasonable Pot in round 3 draw.

[@splashbenine]

The AFC qualifications are really weordnajd saddening for many nations

[@CBFFan1]

I’m from Brazil, and I am extremely worried about our place. We are 6th in the Qualification and 1 loss means we are not gonna make it to the World Cup. 1 win then we get 5th place back.

[@captainfalconmain6576]

you never watched 2002 world cup qualifiers this has happened before brssil willl qualify im confident vini actually scored 2 goals in copa america which is huge improvement

[@TanjimAhmddreams]

6:17 Bangladesh did manage to advance to the second round

[@hsha3107]

Amazing video. WOW I just don't want to think

[@ХекфиВол]

African Nations League: League A - 1st teams, 3 best 2nd teams; League B - 6 worst 2nd and 6 best 3rd teams; League C - 3 worst 3rd, 4th and 2 best 5th teams; League D - 7 worst 5th and 6th teams.

[@InfyPassion]

India can maximum reach Inter Continental Play Offs

[@anhturt]

Danh sách 48 đội đi dự WC 2026 ở Bắc Mĩ : CONCACAF: 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽 (chủ nhà ), 🇨🇷🇬🇹🇸🇻🇯🇲 CONMEBOL: 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇨🇴🇪🇨🇵🇾🇺🇾 UEFA: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇹🇸🇪🇨🇵🇩🇪🇩🇰🇬🇷🇵🇱🇳🇱🇺🇦🇭🇷🇪🇸🇨🇭🇭🇺🇮🇹 CAF: 🇩🇿🇱🇾🇲🇦🇲🇱🇸🇳🇪🇬🇧🇮🇿🇦🇹🇳 AFC: 🇻🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷🇭🇲🇸🇦🇮🇶🇴🇲🇦🇪🇮🇷 OFC: 🇸🇧

[@rise6955]

OFC will be new zealand

[@anhturt]

@@rise6955 ok And ?

[@matej9368]

​@@anhturtyes Burundi definetly on the World Cup...

[@alemorenoveik5714]

Soy argentino 🇦🇷, y sigo de manera continua las diversas eliminatorias asi como otras competencias a nivel selección. Y me parece que este simulador nesecita algunos ajustes, porque por su gran nivel actual y constancia, me cuesta creer que Panamá🇵🇦, Portugal 🇵🇹 o Nueva Zelanda 🇳🇿 queden eliminadas. Y Bolivia 🇧🇴 es candidata a quedar ultima en las eliminatorias Conmebol. Aun asi, fue un video entretenido

[@donperegrine922]

Yes, there is NO CHANCE that New Zealand will get eliminated. Oceania is not very competitive, and New Zealand is a sporting nation, Like Australia! BY they way, you have our flags mixed up: Australian flag has a BIG star, underneath the Union Jack; New Zealand does not have that big star. Also, New Zealand has RED coloured stars, but Australian stars are all white. Not a big problem for me, but a new zealander will throw sheep at you

[@alemorenoveik5714]

@@donperegrine922 corregido

[@colorfulmarbles156]

What simulator did you use?

[@LuisASantiagoM]

Remember me to come back to this video in 2026 to see if it's some way accourate

[@eyalinbar4845]

Did you use an app for the simulation?

[@furorceltica185]

6:51 This aged like milk

[@captainfalconmain6576]

these aren’t actually predictions 😂😂😂😂 dude just sims

[@zidanyellee8706]

Thank you

[@untizioacaso1300]

Which program do you use?