The Guatemala selection met this Thursday, June 12 that it will face Panama, El Salvador and Surinam in the last round of the Concacaf tie towards 2026 World.
The Bicolor will play against these selections in round trip matches, between September and November 2025. After six disputed dates, the team will be known that will advance to the next World Cup.
The Concacaf raffle also determined that Jamaica, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago, and Bermudas will integrate Group B, while the C will be composed of Costa Rica, Honduras, Haiti and Nicaragua.
Guatemala already knows the dates on which he will play the matches of this final phase towards the 2026 World Cup:
- Days 1 and 2: Between September 1 and 9.
- Days 3 and 4: between October 6 and 14.
- Days 5 and 6: Between November 10 and 18.
Tentatively, it is known that Guatemala would debut in a local condition before El Salvador; Then I would visit Panama. He would later play visit against Surinam and again against El Salvador, to end as a local against Panama and Surinam.
Once the six games are finished, the three leaders of each group will advance to the World Cup and the two best seconds will access the repechage tournament.
For now There are 13 countries that are classified to the World Cup next year.
United States, Mexico and Canada Being the host teams, while Japan, New Zealand, Iran, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Australia, Korea El Sur, Brazil and Ecuador have already qualified by means of qualifiers.
According to the distribution established by FIFA, the remaining 35 quotas will be distributed as follows:
Oceania He has already granted a quota, which is busy, and has one more for repechage, in possession of New Caledonia.
Africa It will have nine direct tickets and one to the repechage. So far, no selection has secured its classification.
Asia It has eight direct quotas and one to the repechage: six selections are already classified, so there are two direct tickets and one to the repechage.
Concacaf It will grant three direct tickets and two to the repechage. No selection has yet assured them, since the third round is missing.
CONMEBOL It will distribute six direct quotas and one to the repechage: three tickets already have an owner, so three plus the repechage remain.
UEFA It will have 16 direct quotas and none to the repechage. All are still available.