The draw for the 2026 World Cup took place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

Amir Ghalenoei’s team has been pitted in Group G along with Belgium, Egypt, and New Zealand.

Groups:

Group A: Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, (winner of playoff between Denmark, North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Ireland)
Group B: Canada, (winner of playoff between Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina), Qatar, Switzerland
Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland
Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, (winners of playoff between Turkey, Romania, Slovakia and Kosovo)
Group E: Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador
Group F: Netherlands, Japan, (winners of playoff between Ukraine, Sweden, Poland and Albania), Tunisia
Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand
Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay
Group I: France, Senegal, (winners of playoff between Iraq, Bolivia and Suriname), Norway
Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan
Group K: Portugal, (winners of playoff between Congo DR, Jamaica, New Caledonia), Uzbekistan, Colombia
Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama