Spurs players who've qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

It won't be long until the 2026 FIFA World Cup is upon us and our players and their nations are beginning to book their places at the showpiece event.

Set to be played out across three countries for the first time, the USA, Canada and Mexico will host the tournament across June and July, 2026 - and qualifying for it is well under way.

The tournament that all players dream to play at, the 2026 edition will make history not just for having three hosts, but it will also be the first to feature 48 nations - the largest ever World Cup.

Here is a list of who has qualified already for the tournament...

Qualified - 2026 FIFA World Cup

Korea Republic - Yang Min-Hyeok (two caps)

Japan - Kota Takai (four caps)

Argentina - Cristian Romero (45 caps)

Brazil - Richarlison (52 caps)

Uruguay - Rodrigo Bentancur (71 caps)

Ghana - Mohammed Kudus (46 caps)

Senegal - Pape Matar Sarr (37 caps)

England - Djed Spence (3 caps), James Maddison (7 caps), Dominic Solanke (3 caps)

France - Randal Kolo Muani (31 caps)

Croatia - Luka Vuskovic (two caps)

Portugal - Joao Palhinha (37 caps)

Netherlands - Xavi Simons (32 caps) and Micky van de Ven (17 caps)

Austria - Kevin Danso (30 caps)

Spain - Pedro Porro (15 caps)

Further players will have a chance to qualify when the play-offs take place in March, 2026.

World Cup Play-Offs

There are still places to be earned at the World Cup with play-offs set to be played across the globe in the Spring.

In Europe, 16 teams (12 runners-ups from the group stage of the UEFA qualification and four qualifiers from the UEFA Nations League) have been split into four qualification paths. 

Each path will consist of two semi-finals, which will take place on Thursday March 26, 2026, with the winners from each semi-final facing off in four finals to ultimately produce the final four European nations at the tournament in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Destiny Udogie, and Guglielmo Vicario’s Italy have been drawn into Path A with Northern Ireland, Wales, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Should Italy win their semi-final against Northern Ireland, in which they are seeded as the home team, they will travel to the winner of Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ben Davies and Brennan Johnson could feature for Wales, who would host the Path A final should they win their semi-final at home against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and could host Jamie Donley if Northern Ireland defeat Italy.

Sweden (Lucas Bergvall and Dejan Kulusevski) have been drawn into Path B after qualifying through the UEFA Nations League. They will play an away semi-final against Ukraine, with the winner hosting the victorious nation from the Poland v Albania semi-final.

Radu Drăgușin’s Romania will play in Path C, travelling to Turkey for their semi-final, with the winner of that tie visiting the winner of the other semi-final in Path C, Slovakia v Kosovo.

All four path finals will be played on Tuesday March 31, 2026

The final two places in the 48-team World Cup will be decided at an inter-confederation play-off tournament in Mexico this coming March. Bolivia, DR Congo, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname will contest the tournament, with DR Congo and Iraq being the two-seeded countries for the six-team tournament based on their world ranking.