Despite their busy schedule of recent matches, Guatemala are one of the CONCACAF nations destined to watch the 2026 World Cup from the sidelines. CONCACAF faced a unique landscape during the recent qualification cycle,

The 2026 World Cup is the biggest ever, expanded from 32 to 48 teams for this year's tournament held in North America. The new format has 12 groups of four countries, who play each other once in a round-robin.

CONCACAF heads into World Cup 2026 with six qualified nations, growing confidence and genuine hopes of producing a few surprises.

Qualification for FIFA World Cup 26™ started in September 2023. Paraguay v Peru was the first match on the long road to Canada, Mexico and USA. Find out more about how places at

As a co-host of the tournament, Canada automatically qualified for the 2026 World Cup. Switzerland won Group B in the European World Cup qualifiers in convincing fashion. The Swiss scored 14 points across six games with four wins and two draws.