Two World Cups away from home, Italy is finally head of the group in the... draw

After two editions that watched the World Cup from the sofa and did very badly, Italy is the head of the group for the 2026 World Cup draw.italia Security comes from mathematics for Luciano Spalletti's team, which 2 weeks from the end commands its group in the League of Nations with 10 points and secured the head of the group thanks to the success of Spain against Serbia that qualified the "Red Fury" in the quarterfinals of this competition.

Even if Italy finishes third in the group, it will still come out on top due to the FIFA rankings, where only England, Portugal, which is only one point away, and the Netherlands are ahead.

HOW IT WORKS - In the qualification draw for the 2026 World Cup that depends a lot also depends on the League of Nations.

The group heads are the 4 qualified teams in the quarter-finals of this competition and the 4 best ranked teams in FIFA.

With the results of the last week, Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, England, Portugal, Italy and the Netherlands will be at the head of the group. There are also 4 other teams missing, where Croatia and Switzerland are close at the moment. While the other two countries will play Hungary, Poland, Serbia and Denmark.

DRAW - The draw for the World Cup will be held on December 13 in Zurich. The only safe option for Italy to go to Canada-America-Mexico is first place in the group. The 12 teams that will be ranked second and the best 4 of the League of Nations will play each other for the other 4 places in the "Play Off".

The first pot gives more guarantees to Spalletti's team and the last 2 World Cups that have been missed force him not to ignore any rival and take it seriously. There are no shortage of obstacles because the challenging teams are Turkey, Austria, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine. Albania also hopes to be able to play the important competition once in history, but it is difficult. However, it will all depend on the draw.

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