The Surprising Number of Teams Competing in This Year’s World Cup—You Won’t Believe Who Made the Cut!
No matter who wins it, the 2026 World Cup promises to be an historic affair.
Football’s biggest party is set to kick off on June 11 as World Cup 2026 is hosted by three North American countries for the first time ever, in Mexico, the United States and Canada.
It will also see a record-breaking number of nations participating this summer.
World Cup 2026 to break new ground
Since 1998, the World Cup comprised of 32 nations split across eight groups of four; a move which marked an incremental increase from 24 teams between 1982 and 1994.
But for the first time in its 96-year history. FIFA has risen its intake of competing countries to 48 international teams as part of a move ratified by president Gianni Infantino in January 2017.
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