The draw that defines the 12 groups of qualification stage European for the Cup FIFA World Cup 2026 held at Zurich he December 13, 2024 at 12:00 pm A qualifying phase that begins on March 21-22 and ends on November 18. The tournament will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Phase composed as we say in 12 groups of four or five teams and which coincides with the dispute of the final stage of League of Nations where the Spanish team is currently mired, also defending its status as current champion.
The groups of five teams They will play their first games in March 2025. Since they have to play eight games until November, each team will have two days off. The teams that are still participating in the League of Nations They use the free dates in March to play their matches in this competition. The remaining teams that did not participate in this tournament must use their free dates to schedule friendly matches.
UEFA, according to the same regulations, will endeavor to respect the following principles when preparing the list of matches:
1- A minimum of two days rest will be guaranteed between the two matches of an international window
2- teams from the same group will play on the same day
3- on the last day of November, the matches of both groups will be played simultaneously
4- the trajectory of each team in the group stage will start or end with the first leg at home or the second leg at home
5- teams cannot play more than twice in a row at home or twice in a row away
6- the first legs must be completed before the second leg begins
7- home and away games between the same two teams are not scheduled in the same window
Source: La Verdad
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