Piala Dunia FIFA ke-23
Piala Dunia 2026 adalah turnamen terbesar dalam sejarah sepak bola. Empat puluh delapan tim. Seratus empat pertandingan. Enam belas kota di tiga negara. Piala Dunia pertama yang diselenggarakan oleh lebih dari dua negara, dan yang pertama melampaui tiga puluh dua tim dalam hampir tiga puluh tahun.
Enam konfederasi
Ke-48 tim datang melalui enam kampanye kualifikasi konfederasi ditambah jatah tuan rumah. Enam belas tempat UEFA menjadikannya konfederasi terbesar; OFC mendapat tempat terjamin pertama dalam sejarah Piala Dunia. Playoff antar-konfederasi di Meksiko Maret 2026 menentukan dua tempat terakhir.
Cara kerjanya
Dua belas grup berisi empat tim memainkan tiga pertandingan round-robin masing-masing. Dua teratas otomatis lolos; delapan peringkat tiga terbaik juga lolos.
Babak baru, single-leg knockout. Enam belas pertandingan di AS, Kanada, dan Meksiko. Pemenang lolos ke Babak 16.
Babak 16, perempat final, semifinal, dan Final di MetLife. Perebutan tempat ketiga digelar di Miami sehari sebelumnya.
Sejarah singkat
Dari tiga belas tim di Uruguay 1930 hingga empat puluh delapan tim di Amerika Utara 2026, Piala Dunia hampir terus berkembang. Tiga dari delapan juara berbeda tidak hadir di edisi sebelumnya; salah satunya – Italia – kini absen tiga kali berturut-turut.
Pertanyaan umum
01 Why 48 teams instead of 32? +
FIFA expanded the tournament from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 edition. The 48-team format means twelve groups of four, with the top two from each group plus the eight best third-placed sides advancing to a new Round of 32. The expansion adds 40 matches to the tournament – 104 in total, up from 64.
02 How does the new Round of 32 work? +
The Round of 32 is a brand new stage added for 2026. The twelve group winners and twelve runners-up are joined by the eight best third-placed teams across all groups, ranked by points, goal difference, goals scored, and a fair-play tiebreaker. The thirty-two qualifiers play single-leg knockout matches between June 28 and July 3.
03 Why are the host nations split across three countries? +
The successful "United" bid in 2018 was a joint US/Canada/Mexico submission. Each host nation plays its three group-stage matches in its own country. Knockout matches are distributed across all sixteen venues, with the latter rounds concentrated in the United States. The final is at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19.
04 Which teams qualified for the first time? +
Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, and Uzbekistan are all making their World Cup debut. Curaçao becomes the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the World Cup, with Cape Verde the second-smallest. Iraq returned to the World Cup for the first time since 1986.
05 How do the two semi-final pathways work? +
FIFA introduced a competitive-balance rule for the 2026 draw. The two highest-ranked teams (Spain and Argentina) were drawn into opposite halves of the bracket, as were the third- and fourth-ranked teams (France and England). If those four sides win their respective groups, they cannot meet until the semi-finals at the earliest, and the top two cannot meet before the final.
06 Where can I see the full schedule? +
The complete 104-match schedule, including kick-off times in US Eastern, is on the schedule page. You can filter by stage, drill into any individual venue or team, or use the bracket page to see the knockout tree.