The insanity of World Cup qualifying was on full display recently as UEFA is heading into its final few games of the 2026 World Cup cycle.

There is still plenty to decide when it comes to who will qualify for the 2026 World Cup automatically, and which teams are heading to the UEFA playoffs in March.

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There are two huge games lined up for the final day of qualifying in Europe, with Scotland hosting Denmark knowing a win seals them automatic qualification but a draw is good enough for Denmark.

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The same scenario is true for Austria as they only need a draw to win the group and qualify for the World Cup as they host second-place Bosnia and Herzegovina.

There’s also a chance Belgium could be pushed into the playoffs and one of Wales or North Macedonia qualify automatically. But that seems like a long shot.

But when the pressure is on, and as the past few days have proved, anything can happen…

Which European nations have already qualified for the World Cup?

England, Croatia, France, Portugal, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands have qualified for the World Cup as group winners.

Which European clubs would have to suffer an historic collapse to miss the World Cup?

Spain will advance as Group E winners on Tuesday provided they don’t lose to visiting Turkiye by seven goals.

Switzerland will advance as Group B winners on Tuesday as long as they don’t lose away to Kosovo by six goals.

Which groups have the highest chances for chaos/upsets/drama?

Group H. Austria are home to Bosnia and Herzegovina and have a two-point lead on BNH. A draw will do it for the Austrians, so BNH will come with vigor for all three points.

Group J. Belgium are strong favorites to win the group with a two-point advantage and vastly superior goal differential over North Macedonia and Wales, who play each other in Cardiff. Belgium, however, have struggled in big spots before and just stumbled to a 1-1 draw with Kazakhstan in Astana. There’s no guarantee they beat last-place Liechtenstein, who scrapped hard but lost 1-0 to Wales over the weekend.

Group C could be great drama or not at all. Scotland host Denmark on Tuesday and need to beat the Danes, who will be favored in terms of quality and because a draw will do the trick for them. If Scotland go down early, Denmark might roll. But if Scotland can take a lead and shut up shop in front of Craig Gordon? They did draw 0-0 in Denmark.

What groups have a third-place team that can still move into second place and advance to a second round playoff spot?

Wales and North Macedonia are both going to the second round via their Nations League rating, but the winner of their match would have a much easier run in their path and capitalize on an unlikely Belgium nightmare versus Liechtenstein.