We are little more than a year away from the start of the 2026 World Cup, which means that qualifying is already well underway. There are going to be 3 hosts – USA. Mexico, and Canada – so they are already in, as are Japan, who became the first team to get in through qualification last week. How's the World Cup Qualifying Odds? The qualifying in Europe has just begun, so we have some time to wait to see which nations come out of that, but we are getting close to seeing who will make it via the CONMEBOL qualifying.