The FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2026™ will feature 48 teams that have been placed into 12 Groups, as follows:
- Group A: Qatar (QAT) HOST, Panama (PAN), Egypt (EGY), Greece (GRE)
- Group B: Korea Republic (KOR), Uganda (UGA), New Caledonia (NCL), Ecuador (ECU)
- Group C: Argentina (ARG), Australia (AUS), Mozambique (MOZ), Denmark (DEN)
- Group D: France (FRA), Haiti (HAI), Saudi Arabia (KSA), Uruguay (URU)
- Group E: Italy (ITA), Jamaica (JAM), Côte d'Ivoire (CIV), Uzbekistan (UZB)
- Group F: Senegal (SEN), Croatia (CRO), Cuba (CUB), Tajikistan (TJK)
- Group G: Mali (MLI), New Zealand (NZL), Belgium (BEL), Vietnam (VIE)
- Group H: Spain (ESP), China PR (CHN), Fiji (FIJ), Morocco (MAR)
- Group I: Brazil (BRA), Republic of Ireland (IRL), Tanzania (TAN), Costa Rica (CRC)
- Group J: USA (USA), Montenegro (MNE), Chile (CHI), Algeria (ALG)
- Group K: Mexico (MEX), Romania (ROU), Cameroon (CMR), Venezuela (VEN)
- Group L: Japan (JPN), Colombia (COL), Serbia (SRB), Honduras (HON)