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Who will Spain face in qualifying for World Cup 2026?

The draw for the European qualifying groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup took place on Friday with a host of Barcelona players discovering their opponents.

Barca have a large Spanish contingent but still have to play Frenkie de Jong’s Netherlands in the Nations League quarter-finals first.

The result of that match will determine which group they go into.

Should Spain with the game they will drop into Group E and will face Turkey, Georgia and Bulgaria in World Cup qualifying.

However, if the Dutch emerge victorious then Spain will instead go into Group G and take on Robert Lewandowski’s Poland, Finland, Lithuania and Malta.