This Friday will officially mark the start of the journey to the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada. This will be the first time in history that the event will take place with 48 teams, after seven previous editions with 32 participants.
Europe will be represented by 16 teams, from the 13 that were last time in Qatar. Albania is waiting to meet its rivals and keeps its eyes anxiously on the gogles. After the disappointment in the Nations League, the Reds and Blacks remained in the third pot, where other important names are Scotland, Slovenia or Ireland.
As for the heads of the series, the danger for the Rossoneri is that of facing a big name, between Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands or England, Portugal and Belgium. Croatia, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark complete the first pot.
In the second pot, among the possible rivals are Ukraine, Sweden, Turkey, Poland and the Czech Republic. There, gogls can also reserve historical battles with Serbia or Greece.
From the fourth pot comes the danger of the fraternity with Kosovo, while the other teams there are Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Belarus or Armenia. The qualifiers will have 8 groups of four teams and 4 groups of five teams, which will be filled from the last pot of the draw, with the weakest continental representatives.
The draw will be made at noon this Friday, in Zurich. (A2 Televizion)
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