Hot: 8 extremely exciting 2026 World Cup groups, President Trump receives strange award from FIFA

President Donald Trump is the first person to receive the FIFA Peace Prize

The draw for the 2026 World Cup finals will take place at 0:00 on December 6 (Vietnam time) at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC (USA). According to FIFA, 48 teams will be divided into 4 seeding pots (12 teams each) based on FIFA rankings. The 3 host teams including Mexico, Canada and the US will be in pot 1 by default, while the 6 teams that pass the play-off round will be in pot 4.

From the four seeding pots, teams will be drawn into 12 groups (from A to L), with each group containing four teams. FIFA also notes that each group cannot have more than one team from the same regional confederation, except for UEFA (Europe), which has 16 teams. But each group can only have a maximum of two teams from UEFA.

Notably, right before the draw, US President Donald Trump was presented with the FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino. This is the first time in history that FIFA has presented this award. At the same time, Mr. Donald Trump also joined Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum to conduct the procedure, opening the draw.

Nóng: 8 bảng đấu World Cup 2026 cực gay cấn, Tổng thống Trump nhận giải thưởng lạ từ FIFA- Ảnh 1. — US President Donald Trump (left) was awarded the FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

8 most attractive 2026 World Cup groups, France and Brazil face difficulties

According to the draw results, Group C is considered by experts to be very attractive with the presence of Brazil, Morocco, Scotland and Haiti. In the past, the Brazilian team had a very strong force and is currently the team that holds the record for the most World Cup championships (5 times), in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002. As for Morocco, they are in possession of a golden generation and have reached the semi-finals of the most recent World Cup. Meanwhile, Scotland and Haiti also have quite good forces, with an annoying collective style of play in the qualifying round.

Similar to Brazil, the 2022 World Cup runner-up, France, is also in a very strong group. Accordingly, France is in Group I, facing Senegal, Norway and the winner of the FIFA 2 play-off round (Bolivia/Suriname/Iraq).

Nóng: 8 bảng đấu World Cup 2026 cực gay cấn, Tổng thống Trump nhận giải thưởng lạ từ FIFA- Ảnh 2. — 8 extremely attractive groups of World Cup 2026

World Cup 2022 champions Argentina are in Group J, along with Algeria, Austria and Jordan. If they perform at their best, experts predict Messi and his teammates will have no trouble taking the top spot.

Another team that has received a lot of attention at the 2026 World Cup is Ronaldo's Portugal. The draw results put Portugal in Group K, along with Colombia, Uzbekistan and the winner of the FIFA 1 play-off round (New Caledonia/Jamaica/Congo).

Specific matches of World Cup 2026:

Group A : Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, Denmark/North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Ireland

Group B : Canada, Switzerland, Qatar, Wales/Northern Ireland/Italy/Bosnia-Herzegovina

Group C : Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti

Group D : USA, Australia, Paraguay, Turkey/Romania/Slovakia/Kosovo

Group E : Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Curacao

Group F : Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, Poland/Ukraine/Sweden/Albania

Group G : Belgium, Iran, Egypt, New Zealand

Group H : Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde

Group I : France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq or Bolivia/Suriname

Group J : Argentina, Austria, Algeria, Jordan

Group K : Portugal, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Congo or Jamaica/New Caledonia

Group L : England, Croatia, Panama, Ghana

Nóng: 8 bảng đấu World Cup 2026 cực gay cấn, Tổng thống Trump nhận giải thưởng lạ từ FIFA- Ảnh 3. — The Brazilian team is expected to face many challenges at the 2026 World Cup.

About 24 hours after the draw, FIFA will announce the official match schedule for the 2026 World Cup, including the date, time and venue. The 2026 World Cup will take place from June 11, 2026 to July 19, 2026. The opening match will be held at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and the final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey.

Along with football officials around the world , Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan, Standing Member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), President of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), along with officials of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF), AFC were also present in the US to attend the 2026 World Cup draw.