The fact that 34 countries are certain automatically means that there are only fourteen tickets left to distribute for the tournament that has 48 participants for the first time in its history. Of course, those 34 include host countries Canada, Mexico and the United States. In addition, 31 have successfully completed the World Cup qualification.
The Dutch team qualifies for the World Cup after a goal celebration against Lithuania
Countries posted
Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, South Africa
Asia: Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea
Europe: Germany, England, France, Croatia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal
North America: Canada, Mexico, United States
Oceania: New Zealand
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
With Uzbekistan, Jordan and Cape Verde, there will certainly be three debutants present next summer.
Remaining tickets
The remaining tickets are mainly for European countries. Five more will be distributed this evening and four more will follow in March via the play-offs.
Of the remaining five tickets, three are for North American countries. That decision will also be made this week.
Finally, there are two more tickets that will be distributed at the intercontinental play-offs in March. Participating in this are an Asian country, an African country, a South American country, an Oceanic country and two countries from North America.