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As of 7 Oct, 17 clubs have already secured European participation in 2025/26: ๐ช๐ช FCI Levadia ๐ซ๐ด Vikingur ๐ซ๐ด KI Klaksvik ๐ซ๐ด HB Torshavn ๐ซ๐ฎ KuPS ๐ซ๐ฎ Ilves ๐ซ๐ฎ HJK Helsinki ๐ฎ๐ธ KA Akureyri ๐ฎ๐ธ Breidablik ๐ฎ๐ธ Vikingur ๐ฐ๐ฟ Aktobe ๐ฑ๐ป RFS ๐ฑ๐ป Riga ๐ฑ๐ป Valmiera ๐ฑ๐น ลฝalgiris ๐ฑ๐น Hegelmann ๐ฑ๐น
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New international window is upon us! Here are the projected pots for WC 2026 qualifiers (as of 7 Oct): Pot 1: ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ฎ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐น Pot 2: ๐บ๐ฆ๐น๐ท๐ต๐ฑ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ญ๐บ๐ท๐ธ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ท๐ด๐ณ๐ด๐ฌ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ Pot 3: ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ชNIR๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ Pot 4: ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ง๐พ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ช๐ช๐จ๐พ๐ฑ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ซ๐ด Pot 5: ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐น๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ
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To be in Pot 1 in WC qualifiers (as of 7 Oct): 100% ๐ซ๐ท FRA 100% ๐ช๐ธ ESP 100% ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ENG 100% ๐ง๐ช BEL 100% ๐ณ๐ฑ NED 100% ๐ฎ๐น ITA 100% ๐ต๐น POR 99.9% ๐ฉ๐ช GER 99.7% ๐ญ๐ท CRO 93% ๐ฉ๐ฐ DEN 93% ๐จ๐ญ SUI 46% ๐ฆ๐น AUT -- 30% ๐ต๐ฑ POL 14% ๐ญ๐บ HUN 14% ๐ท๐ธ SRB 7% ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ SCO 2% ๐ง๐ฆ BIH 1% ๐บ๐ฆ UKR 1% ๐ฎ๐ฑ ISR 0.2% ๐น๐ท
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8 UNL quarterfinalists and 4 best FIFA ranked remaining teams will comprise Pot 1 in the WC 2026 qualifiers. All remaining Pots (2, 3, 4, 5) will be determined by FIFA ranking. ENG ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, BEL ๐ง๐ช, SUI ๐จ๐ญ, AUT ๐ฆ๐น are currently projected to join 8 UNL quarterfinalists in Pot 1.
![Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) on Twitter photo 8 UNL quarterfinalists and 4 best FIFA ranked remaining teams will comprise Pot 1 in the WC 2026 qualifiers.
All remaining Pots (2, 3, 4, 5) will be determined by FIFA ranking.
ENG ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, BEL ๐ง๐ช, SUI ๐จ๐ญ, AUT ๐ฆ๐น are currently projected to join 8 UNL quarterfinalists in Pot 1. 8 UNL quarterfinalists and 4 best FIFA ranked remaining teams will comprise Pot 1 in the WC 2026 qualifiers.
All remaining Pots (2, 3, 4, 5) will be determined by FIFA ranking.
ENG ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, BEL ๐ง๐ช, SUI ๐จ๐ญ, AUT ๐ฆ๐น are currently projected to join 8 UNL quarterfinalists in Pot 1.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZS0_lhWEAAX0P3.png)
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To play in UNL quarterfinals (8 Oct): 96% ๐ฉ๐ช Germany 96% ๐ช๐ธ Spain 92% ๐ต๐น Portugal 87% ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands 85% ๐ฎ๐น Italy 78% ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark 72% ๐ซ๐ท France 70% ๐ญ๐ท Croatia -- 43% ๐ง๐ช Belgium 31% ๐ต๐ฑ Poland 15% ๐ญ๐บ Hungary 13% ๐ท๐ธ Serbia 12% ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 7% ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland 2% ๐ง๐ฆ BiH 0.4% ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
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There are 7 teams that can still theoretically catch Austria ๐ฆ๐น on 12th place. This is how much they need to overperform AUT ๐ฆ๐น by in the remaining 4 UNL matches: UKR ๐บ๐ฆ 2 wins POL ๐ต๐ฑ 2 wins, 1 draw TUR ๐น๐ท 2 wins, 1 draw WAL ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 3 wins, 1 draw SWE ๐ธ๐ช 3 wins, 1 draw HUN ๐ญ๐บ 3 wins,
![Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) on Twitter photo There are 7 teams that can still theoretically catch Austria ๐ฆ๐น on 12th place. This is how much they need to overperform AUT ๐ฆ๐น by in the remaining 4 UNL matches:
UKR ๐บ๐ฆ 2 wins
POL ๐ต๐ฑ 2 wins, 1 draw
TUR ๐น๐ท 2 wins, 1 draw
WAL ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 3 wins, 1 draw
SWE ๐ธ๐ช 3 wins, 1 draw
HUN ๐ญ๐บ 3 wins, There are 7 teams that can still theoretically catch Austria ๐ฆ๐น on 12th place. This is how much they need to overperform AUT ๐ฆ๐น by in the remaining 4 UNL matches:
UKR ๐บ๐ฆ 2 wins
POL ๐ต๐ฑ 2 wins, 1 draw
TUR ๐น๐ท 2 wins, 1 draw
WAL ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ 3 wins, 1 draw
SWE ๐ธ๐ช 3 wins, 1 draw
HUN ๐ญ๐บ 3 wins,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZXFsY9W4AAHIzG.png)
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What do Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ need to climb back to Top 24 and reach Pot 2 in WC qualifiers? They face tougher opposition than all other teams on the list so every loss will cost them less pts, and every win will gain them more pts than other teams. Thus, SCO ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ can overtake CZE ๐จ๐ฟ, NOR
![Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) on Twitter photo What do Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ need to climb back to Top 24 and reach Pot 2 in WC qualifiers?
They face tougher opposition than all other teams on the list so every loss will cost them less pts, and every win will gain them more pts than other teams.
Thus, SCO ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ can overtake CZE ๐จ๐ฟ, NOR What do Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ need to climb back to Top 24 and reach Pot 2 in WC qualifiers?
They face tougher opposition than all other teams on the list so every loss will cost them less pts, and every win will gain them more pts than other teams.
Thus, SCO ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ can overtake CZE ๐จ๐ฟ, NOR](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZXOUSuXcAAbmPx.png)
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