The 2026 World Cup is getting closer each day, with it not long before all the nations know who they are going to be playing soon.And the draw for the greatest football event in the calendar is going to be upon us very soon.Argentina arrive in North America as the defending championsGetty This is set to be the biggest World Cup in history with 48 teams competing in North America, meaning we are going to see plenty of new nations with 12 groups of four rather than eight.It is also the first time three nations will host, with the United States joined by Canada and Mexico.And there is a change to the draw format as well as in the tournament.World Cup 2026 draw: Date and how to followThe draw is set to take place on Friday, December 5.It is set to be held at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and is scheduled to start at 5pm UK time.It is likely to be broadcast in the UK, but no company has picked it up yet.Instead, the whole thing will be streamed on FIFA’s official YouTube channel.talkSPORT will be right across it and so will talkSPORT.com.To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Thomas Tuchel has one job as England manager – win the World CupGettyFIFA have hugely increased the size of the World CupGettyWorld Cup 2026 draw: FormatAs mentioned, rather than eight groups of four needing to be filled, there will be 12.Before the draw starts, each team will be placed inside a plastic ball and placed in pots one to four, based on the FIFA ranking.The balls are then drawn one at a time from going through one to four before back to one.Once a side is drawn, a computer places them into a random group taking into account any geographical restrictions.The restrictions are that no countries from the same confederation can be drawn in a group, bar UEFA, which has a limit of two per groupBy the end of the draw, each country will know their group-stage opponents and their knockout stage path.The three hosts will also be in pot one with Mexico in Group A, Canada in Group B and the USA in Group D.By the time the draw takes place, not every team will be known due to the play-offs, so those sides drop into pot four.Mauricio Pochettino and the USA are one of the teams to have automatically qualified for the World Cup as hostsGettyWorld Cup 2026 draw: Qualified teamsHere are the teams that have qualified so far.HostsCanadaMexicoUnited States of AmericaAFCAustraliaIranJapanJordanSouth KoreaUzbekistanCAFAlgeriaEgyptMoroccoTunisiaCONCACAFTBCCONMEBOLArgentinaBrazilColombiaEcuadorParaguayUruguayOFCNew ZealandUEFATBCPlay-offsTBC