Slot Allocation by Confederation
| Confederation | Slots | Key nations |
|---|
| ๐๏ธ Hosts | 3ใๅฝ | Canada ยท Mexico ยท USA |
| ๐ AFC (Asia) | 8+1ใๅฝ | Japan ยท South Korea ยท Australia + more |
| ๐ CAF (Africa) | 9+1ใๅฝ | Morocco ยท Senegal ยท Egypt + more |
| ๐ CONCACAF | 6ใๅฝ | Hosts + Curaรงao ยท Haiti ยท Panama |
| ๐ CONMEBOL (South America) | 6ใๅฝ | Brazil ยท Argentina ยท Colombia + more |
| ๐ฐ UEFA (Europe) | 16ใๅฝ | France ยท Spain ยท Germany ยท England + more |
| ๐ฆ OFC (Oceania) | 1ใๅฝ | New Zealand |
Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
7th appearance
South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท
11th appearance
Iran ๐ฎ๐ท
Most in Asia
Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฆ
Green with Arabic inscription
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ
Union Jack + Southern Cross
Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ
First-ever appearance
Jordan ๐ฏ๐ด
First-ever appearance
Qatar ๐ถ๐ฆ
2022 hosts
Iraq ๐ฎ๐ถ
Long-awaited return
๐ก Tip:Asian flags often feature crescents, stars, or Arabic inscriptions. Japan's "Rising Sun" is instantly recognisable. South Korea's Taegukgi with its four trigrams is uniquely distinctive.
Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ
2022 semi-finalists
Senegal ๐ธ๐ณ
African champions
Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ
Red, white & black tricolour
Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ
Black star stands out
Algeria ๐ฉ๐ฟ
White & green with crescent
Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ
Orange, white & green vertical
Tunisia ๐น๐ณ
Red with crescent & star
South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Colourful Y-shaped design
Cabo Verde ๐จ๐ป
10 stars (one per island)
Congo ๐จ๐ฌ
Green, yellow & red diagonal
๐ก Tip:Many African flags use the "Pan-African colours" of green, yellow & red. Ivory Coast's flag is France's tricolour reversed. South Africa's is the most colourful flag on the continent.
Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Host / Red maple leaf
Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ
Host / Green, white & red + eagle
USA ๐บ๐ธ
Host / Stars and Stripes
Curaรงao ๐จ๐ผ
First-ever appearance๏ผBlue with 2 stars
Haiti ๐ญ๐น
Blue & red with coat of arms
Panama ๐ต๐ฆ
4-colour quartered design
Brazil ๐ง๐ท
Record 5 titles
Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท
Defending champions (3 titles)
Colombia ๐จ๐ด
Yellow, white & blue horizontal
Uruguay ๐บ๐พ
Inaugural World Cup winners
Ecuador ๐ช๐จ
Yellow, blue & red + coat of arms
Paraguay ๐ต๐พ
Different coat of arms on each side!
๐ก Tip:Colombia, Ecuador & Venezuela all share yellow, blue & red โ spot the difference by the proportions and coat of arms.
France ๐ซ๐ท
2018 champions
Spain ๐ช๐ธ
Red, yellow & red + coat of arms
Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Black, red & gold horizontal
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
White with red cross (St George)
Portugal ๐ต๐น
Green & red with complex crest
Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
Red, white & blue horizontal
Belgium ๐ง๐ช
Black, yellow & red vertical
Croatia ๐ญ๐ท
Red, white & blue + chequered crest
Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ
Square flag โ one of only two in the world!
Austria ๐ฆ๐น
Red, white & red horizontal
Norway ๐ณ๐ด
Red with blue-white cross
Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Blue with yellow cross
Turkey ๐น๐ท
Red with crescent & star
Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
White & red with blue triangle
Bosnia & Herzegovina ๐ง๐ฆ
First-ever appearance๏ผWๆฏ๏ผ
Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Blue with white X (St Andrew's Cross)
๐ก Tip:Group Europe into: cross flags (Nordic), tricolours (Western), and coat-of-arms flags (Iberian). Switzerland is one of only two square national flags in the world (the other is Vatican City).
New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ
Union Jack + Southern Cross๏ผ่ตค๏ผ
๐ก Tip:Very similar to Australia โ but New Zealand's Southern Cross is red while Australia's is white. Australia also has 6 stars vs New Zealand's 4.
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