With the World Cup 2026 swiftly approaching, and more teams qualifying each international break, our crew is taking a moment to break down the upcoming Playoff round in order to see which squads have the best chance of making the World Cup. Join Aly Trost-Martin, Nico Cantor, Troy Deeney & Geoff Shreeves as they explain just how the Playoffs will work, then creating a tier list with all of the teams that have already qualified.
0:00 UEFA Playoff Qualification EXPLAINER
0:19 Pots 1-4 UEFA Playoff DRAW
0:39 Inter-confederation Playoff EXPLAINER
1:33 Nico Cantor’s TIER LIST
1:46 Uzbekistan, Jordan, Sweden, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
2:07 Tunisia, Cape Verde, Algeria, South Africa
2:50 Haiti, Curaçao, Panama
3:21 Paraguay
4:12 Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran
4:40 Morocco
5:09 Senegal
5:32 Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ghana
6:20 Canada, USA & Mexico (HOSTS)
6:52 Norway
7:06 Netherlands, Spain, Austria
7:26 Belgium
8:00 Scotland
8:37 Croatia
8:55 France, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland
9:15 England
9:53 Uruguay
10:44 Brazil
11:14 Colombia, Ecuador
11:34 Argentina (defending champions)
11:54 World Cup 2026 Tier List BREAKDOWN
14:50 Watch More!
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Korea over Japan lol
イングランドとポルトガルは過大評価。クロアチアはtier2はある。
England is overrated
Japan Argentina Spain Portugal Morocco and France are the favorites
Cmon let’s be real Jamaica and Haiti would whip the floor with Japan they are at the same level as Senegal
💀💀bro this guy said qatar hosted the worst wrold cup ☠☠☠
Get this man off😂
This guy has 0 football IQ.
England above Spain and Argentina? For real bro?
All the best to DR Congo 🤞🇿🇦🙏
Norway Colombia Croatia France will be dangerous vs any opponent that will be scary and fun for us footballers ❤️ this will be one of the best world cups ever Argentina espana morroco Portugal Germany are much in for a 🎉 great one.
The guy was white sweater. He’s a bias.
Who is this guy who thinks he’s a football expert, Belgium are contenders. Portugal and Germany have a good team and a good chance. Never underestimate Croatia.
The u.s if they get discipline on defense I can see then in the quarters maybe just maybe if they have a favorable bracket it pretty unlikely but will see
Top Five contenders in order. #1 Spain, #2 Argentina #3 France, #4 England #5 Brazil.
No way he ranks South Korea over Japan
Eff right off with Portugal as "Contender", more clueless American soccer commentary like this is super disrespectful
Italy 😩 watching North Macedonia 🚬💀☠️
I stopped watching this guy picks when he added USA to "contenders", but have Tunisia & Egypt "happy to be here". I can tell he is being bias.
This man is either Argentinian or Uruguayan . You can tell from the Mate he's drinking .. ✌️
4:23 Japan on that low tier? Does he follow international soccer? They just beat Brazil last month.