President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney at FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw | N18G

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Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., U.S. - December 5, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney inside the venue before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump attends the FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Live exteriors of the Kennedy Center as the draw for the groups of the 2026 FIFA World Cup takes place, allocating four nations per group.
The United States, Canada and Mexico have known they will be co-hosting the 2026 tournament since 2018, but it’s only as the draw comes into focus at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC that it’s going to start feeling real to fans all over the world. Of the 48 teams involved, 42 have secured their place in the tournament. Six more spots to soccer’s greatest spectacle will be determined in a series of playoff matches next spring. In the meantime, they’ll be drawn as placeholders: European Playoff winner A, B, C, D and FIFA Playoff winner 1 and 2.
Sports personalities from a variety of sports will be gracing the event, including the National Football League (NFL) great Tom Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion, ice-hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, Major League Baseball (MLB) star Aaron Judge and National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, a four-time NBA champion with LA Lakers and Miami Heat and two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning, who represented New York Giants for his entire career, hosting a red-carpet segment before the draw starts.

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