The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off on Thursday is going to be biggest football tournament the world has ever seen, with a whopping 48 nations starting out on the journey across North America in the expanded format.
Will the familiar names come to the fore in the latter rounds or can one of the dark horse or new competing nations spring a shock?
Livescore here ranked every nation going into the greatest global football show of them all.
1. Spain
The current European kingpins, Luis de la Fuente has a superb mix of youth and experience with the prodigious Lamine Yamal to the fore.
