FIFAe World Cup 2026™ ft. eFootball™ Console
22 Aug 2026
Konami eFootball
Drafts
The FIFAe Draft continues at the FIFAe Continental Championship. The FIFAe Draft brings an additional dimension of tactical depth and strategy to the competition, marking a new approach for squad building in eFootball™ tournaments on Mobile and Console.
Drafts have been conducted for every individual groups allowing teams to choose from a limited, pre-defined player pool. By drafting an in-game player, teams are allowed to use all provided versions of the respective player. More information can be found here.
Key Players (Phase 1)
Virgil van Dijk
Patrick Vieira
Ruud Gullit
Drafted Players (Phase 2)
Dan Burn
Ruud van Nistelrooij
Johan Cruyff
Lionel Messi
Enzo Fernández
Michael Owen
Shogo Taniguchi
Alexis Mac Allister
Ritsu Doan
Ayase Ueda
Open pool players (Phase 3)
Gianluigi Buffon
Peter Schmeichel
Micky van de Ven
Juan Foyth
Martin Ødegaard
Wout Weghorst
Aurélien Tchouaméni
Gabriel Magalhães
Gabriel Martinelli
Xavi Simons
Elimination pool players (Phase 4)
Alessandro Nesta
Declan Rice
In Phase One, teams can name three key players to build the backbone of their squad. These players can be duplicates among the participating teams.
In Phase Two (2), teams participate in the Live Draft. During the draft, each team selects in-game players in a snake draft order. Key players from phase one (1) are removed and cannot be selected during the Live Draft. There can be no duplicates during this phase.
In Phase Three (3), teams complete their in-game squad by selecting players from the open pool. The open pool contains all players from the pre-defined player pool that have not been selected in phase one (1) or phase two (2). In-game players chosen in phase three (3) can again be duplicates.
In Phase Four (4), players drafted by teams eliminated in the group stage become available to the teams that advance to the knockout stage. Based on their final group stage ranking, each advancing team may select two (2) players from the pool of players originally drafted in Phase Two (2) by the eliminated teams.
After three qualifying-weeks in the FIFAe Nations League, the FIFAe Continental Championships will bring together the top-performing nations in each region to give it all for glory.
These nations will compete to become the first-ever FIFAe Continental Champions and to qualify to the pinnacle events held later this year.
Qualification for Continental Championships via Nations League
Qualification
Qualification
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As hosting Member Associations, Portugal, Brazil and Morocco are automatically qualified to the respective FIFAe Continental Championships.
* Regions Asia West and Asia East will be combined to compete in the FIFAe Continental Championship Asia.
** Teams from the region Oceania will be separated from Asia East to compete in the FIFAe Continental Championship Oceania. The winner will advance to the intercontinental Playoff Match against Asia.
The qualification to the FIFAe Continental Championships is determined by Consistency Points and Qualifying-Week 3 of the FIFAe Nations League:
1) Consistency Point Slots
Consistency Points are awarded to nations with the strongest cumulative performances across all qualification weeks. Teams qualify to the FIFAe Continental Championships based on the consistency ranking standings after Week 3.
2) Week 3 Direct Qualification Slots
Direct qualification is awarded to nations achieving top spots during the Week 3 Knockout Stage.
Nations earning a Week 3 Direct Qualification Slot will qualify automatically to the FIFAe Continental Championships, regardless of their position in the Consistency Rankings. If a nation qualifies through both pathways, the corresponding Consistency Point Slot will roll down to the next highest-ranked nation in the consistency ranking standings.
Regions
The competitions take place across five* regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North, Central America and Caribbean, and South America. Oceania follows a separate qualification structure via the Intercontinental Playoff*.
Asia
FIFAe Continental Championship Asia
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates: 19 to 22 August
South America
FIFAe Continental Championship South America by Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF)
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates: 22 August
Africa
FIFAe Continental Championship Africa by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF)
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Dates: 28 August
North, Central America and Caribbean
FIFAe Continental Championship North, Central America and Caribbean by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Dates: 29 August
Europe
FIFAe Continental Championship Europe by the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF)
Location: Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal
Dates: 05 to 06 September
FIFAe World Cup 2026™ Qualification Slots
Intercontinental Playoff
The top-performing Oceanian nation* from the FIFAe Nations League advances to the Intercontinental Playoff, where the nations will compete against an Asian side for the remaining fractional (0.5) slots allocated to both regions.
Oceania's top national team faces the 3rd-placed side from the FIFAe Continental Championship Asia. The winner secures qualification for the pinnacle event.
*New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are considered as Oceanian nations.