{"id":112786,"date":"2025-12-05T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:43:00","slug":"president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786","title":{"rendered":"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

FIFA revealed its World Cup<\/a> groupings at a star-studded event in Washington, D.C., on Friday.<\/p>\n

With the help of President Donald Trump,<\/a> Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, NFL legend Tom Brady, NBA great Shaquille O\u2019Neal, New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, and the NHL\u2019s greatest player of all time, Wayne Gretzky, all 12 groups were announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All the aforementioned individuals selected random balls that contained the countries’ names, and their selections assigned them to their groups. Trump, Sheinbaum and Carney all picked their own countries\u2019 names to begin the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Brady selected<\/a> the teams in Pot 1, O\u2019Neal picked Pot 2\u2019s teams, and Judge and Gretzky had Pots 3 and 4, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the groups were created on Friday, six of the 48 teams participating will only be known in March 2026. Four of them will come from the 16-team UEFA playoffs.<\/p>\n

The countries competing in the UEFA play-offs are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.<\/p>\n

The remaining two spots will be decided at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Play-Off Tournament. The six teams competing in that tournament are Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

US MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM GETS FAVORABLE GROUP MATCHUPS AT WORLD CUP DRAW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Below are all 12 groups:<\/p>\n

Mexico\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Africa\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Korea Republic\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner UEFA Play-off D<\/p>\n

Canada\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner UEFA Play-off A\u00a0<\/p>\n

Qatar\u00a0<\/p>\n

Switzerland<\/p>\n

Brazil\u00a0<\/p>\n

Morocco\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haiti\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scotland<\/p>\n

USA\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paraguay\u00a0<\/p>\n

Australia\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner UEFA Play-off C<\/p>\n

Germany\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cura\u00e7ao\u00a0<\/p>\n

C\u00f4te d’Ivoire\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ecuador<\/p>\n

Netherlands\u00a0<\/p>\n

Japan\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner UEFA Play-off B\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tunisia<\/p>\n

Belgium\u00a0<\/p>\n

Egypt\u00a0<\/p>\n

IR Iran\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n

Spain\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cabo Verde\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uruguay<\/p>\n

France\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senegal\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner FIFA Play-off 2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Norway<\/p>\n

Argentina\u00a0<\/p>\n

Algeria\u00a0<\/p>\n

Austria\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jordan<\/p>\n

Portugal\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winner FIFA Play-off 1\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uzbekistan\u00a0<\/p>\n

Colombia<\/p>\n

England\u00a0<\/p>\n

Croatia\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ghana\u00a0<\/p>\n

Panama<\/p>\n

Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<\/strong><\/i> sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a>, and subscribe to<\/strong><\/i> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/president-trump-tom-brady-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIFA revealed its World Cup groupings at a star-studded event in Washington, D.C., on Friday. With the help of President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-112786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FIFA revealed its World Cup groupings at a star-studded event in Washington, D.C., on Friday. With the help of President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-05T21:43:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T21:43:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\"},\"wordCount\":344,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\",\"name\":\"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T21:43:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings - Wall Street PR","og_description":"FIFA revealed its World Cup groupings at a star-studded event in Washington, D.C., on Friday. With the help of President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2025-12-05T21:43:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings","datePublished":"2025-12-05T21:43:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786"},"wordCount":344,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786","name":"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-12-05T21:43:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/president-trump-tom-brady-and-other-sports-legends-reveal-2026-fifa-world-cup-groupings-112786#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"President Trump, Tom Brady and other sports legends reveal 2026 FIFA World Cup groupings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112786"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=112786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}