Already classified for the 2026 World Cup, the Brazilian team now begins to negotiate their first friendly thinking about the World Cup dispute. The CBF would have already aligned two friendlies for the October fifth, against South Korea and Japan.
Negotiations are already advanced and the parties have entered bureaucratic issues to finalize commercial contracts before the announcement.
According to the program, Brazil will face South Korea on October 10, in Seoul, and Japan on the 14th, at the National Stadium of Tokyo, in a friendly friendly Kirin Cup.
Interestingly, the Brazilian team made a similar script before the 2022 World Cup at Qatar. With the World Cup played in December, Tite’s team thrashed South Korea 5-1 in June 2022, and then hit Japan 1-0 in Tokyo.
The forecast is that Brazil will dispute six friendly before the World Cup. In addition to Asian opponents, there are plans to face African teams on November fifth, and Europeans in March 2026.
Brazil’s participation in South American qualifiers ends in September, with clashes against Chile and Bolivia, Maracanã and La Paz.
CBF aligns friendlies of the Brazilian team against South Korea and Japan to October FIFA date.
The federations have already reached an agreement for games in Seoul, on October 10, and in Tokyo, on the 14th, but depend on bureaucratic and commercial issues for the official announcement. pic.twitter.com/HxkKuGgGni
– Football Planet 🌎 (@futebol_info) August 11, 2025
Countries classified for the 2026 World Cup
The 2026 World Cup will be the first in history with 48 teams. See who has already achieved classification. In total, 13 selections are assured.
- Argentina (Conmebol – South America)
- Australia (AFC – Asia, despite being from Oceania)
- Brazil (Conmebol – South America)
- Canada (host country – Concacaf – North and Central America)
- South Korea (AFC – Asia)
- Ecuador (Conmebol – South America)
- United States (host country – Concacaf – North and Central America)
- Iran (AFC – Asia)
- Japan (AFC – Asia)
- Jordan (AFC – Asia)
- Mexico (country country – Concacaf – North and Central America)
- New Zealand (ofc – Oceania)
- Uzbekistan (AFC – Asia)
What will the 2026 World Cup look like?
A 2026 World Cup will mark the first time three different countries will be home to the tournament, being held throughout North America: Mexico, Canada and the United Stateswhere will be the decision. There will be 16 headquarters, the vast majority – 11 of them – in the US.
The edition also marks an increase in the number of classified teams: 32 for 48. With that, the number of classifieds from all confederations rose. In addition, two other teams will qualify via playoffs.
Number of classifieds by continent
- Africa: 9 vacancies
- North and Central America: 6 vacancies
- South America: 6 vacancies
- Asia: 8 vacancies
- Europe: 16 vacancies
- Oceania: 1 vacancy
- Playoff: 2 vacancies
The 2026 World Cup will have 12 groups, each with four selections. The top two in each group and the eight best third places advance to the knockout. Thus, the World Cup will grow from 64 to 104 games in 2026.
The knockout will have one more phase, that of sixteen ending.
