| Tourney Name: | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) |
| Dates: | 6 September 2024 – March 2025 |
| Num Teams: | 11 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2030 |
The Oceanian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification process is expected to take place from September 2024 to March 2025.[1] The 2026 tournament is the 16th edition of Oceanian qualifiers and marks the first time OFC has a direct qualification slot into the FIFA World Cup.[2]
The qualification structure is as follows:[3]
All eleven eligible OFC nations have entered qualification.
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Round | Matchday | Date | Venue(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Matchday 1 | 6 September 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 9 September 2024 | ||
| Second round | Matchday 3 | 10–12 October 2024 |  Fiji and  Vanuatu |
| Matchday 4 | 14–18 November 2024 | and | |
| Matchday 5 | |||
| Third round | Semi-finals | March 2025 | |
| Final | March 2025 |
The draw for the first two rounds was held at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland on 18 July from 9:00 CEST (UTC+2).[4] Although announced prior to their official release, the seeding for the draw was based on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 18 July 2024 (shown in parentheses below).
For the first round, the four lowest-ranked teams will compete in a single-elimination play-off to determine which team advances to the second round. The highest-ranked team will face the lowest-ranked team and the second-ranked team will face the third-ranked team in the semi-finals, and the winners of those matches will face each other in the final.
For the second round, each group contains one team from Pot 1, two from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3 (which also included a placeholder for the first round winner).
First round matches will be played 6–9 September 2024 in Samoa.[6] The four lowest-ranked teams will compete in a knockout series, and the winner will advance to join the seven highest-ranked teams in the second round.
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The winner advances to the second round.
The second round will take place from 10 October to 18 November 2024 with two groups of four teams playing each other once in a league format. Matches will be played in Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu.[7]
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The third round is scheduled to take place in New Zealand in March 2025. The winner will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the runner-up will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The winner qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The loser advances to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The runner up team will join one team each from AFC, CAF, and CONMEBOL and two from CONCACAF in the inter-confederation play-offs. The teams will be ranked according to the FIFA Men's World Ranking, with the four lowest-ranked teams playing in two matches. The winners will meet the two highest-ranked teams in another set of matches, with the winners of these matches qualifying for the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.[8]
The following teams from OFC qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD |