The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will take place this Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and will be covered live by the Noticias Argentinas news agency. The Argentine national team, led by Lionel Scaloni and seeking its fourth World Cup title, will be in Pot 1, making it a seeded team and avoiding major powers at least in the group stage. The other members of Pot 1 will be the three host countries, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, along with the other eight FIFA-ranked teams: Spain, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. The most difficult group for Argentina would likely consist of Morocco, which will be in Pot 2 and reached the semifinals in the last World Cup; Norway, which appears to be the feared rival in Pot 3; and Italy, which, if it wins the UEFA playoff, will return to a World Cup after 12 years and would be placed in Pot 4. Regarding the draw's restrictions, there are several conditions that must be respected. One of them is that no group can have two teams from the same confederation, except for UEFA, which has 16 representatives in the tournament.
