Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
The World Cup 2026 European qualifiers groups have been announced:
QF1 to QF4 clubs refers to the winners of the Nations League quarter final matchups. It is in order as below.
What do you think about this draw?
Turkey's group is the most important one for me of course and I think we have a quite decent draw.
The winner of the Spain - Netherlands matchup will surely make big difficulties for us. However we should be able to be victorious against Georgia and Bulgaria both. I believe we will finish our group in 2nd place and take a big step for the main competition. 
QF1 to QF4 clubs refers to the winners of the Nations League quarter final matchups. It is in order as below.
What do you think about this draw?
Turkey's group is the most important one for me of course and I think we have a quite decent draw.
The winner of the Spain - Netherlands matchup will surely make big difficulties for us. However we should be able to be victorious against Georgia and Bulgaria both. I believe we will finish our group in 2nd place and take a big step for the main competition. QF1 - QF4 is for winners and losers of National league quarter finals. Thus, for each pair, two groups are selected into which the winner and the loser will be distributed. I looked at the groups and they look easy for all the favourites, but even if some of them were difficult, it’s unlikely that the teams in the Nations League would focus on this in their games.
Behind all this murky scheme it is difficult to hide the fact that the selection is easy (plus there is a second chance for losers). This is the modern format - the final part is not such at all, since almost everyone ends up there.