WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Cup draw determines the place groups will play at subsequent 12 months’s soccer event between 48 nations that may run from June 11 to July 19.
Presidents from the three host countries attended the occasion, with President Donald Trump receiving FIFA’s first peace prize. Trump thanked the leaders of fellow host nations, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
This can be a picture gallery curated by AP picture editors:
The event mascots pose on the pink carpet as friends arrive for the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Employees put together the pink carpet space previous to the ultimate draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photograph/Chris Carlson)The FIFA Peace Prize is positioned on a pedestal earlier than being awarded to President Donald Trump in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Stephanie Scarbrough, Pool)President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives to attend the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives to attend the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)President Donald Trump reaches in a bowl to assemble a ball in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Jia Haocheng/Pool Photograph by way of AP)FIFA President Gianni Infantino and mannequin Heidi Klum react on stage on the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)From left; former NFL participant Tom Brady, former NBA participant Shaquille O’Neal, broadcaster Samantha Johnson, former England soccer captain Rio Ferdinand, New York Yankees’ Aaron Choose and former NHL participant Wayne Gretzky take part within the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)Singer Robbie Williams and singer and actor Nicole Scherzinger carry out in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)Singer Robbie Williams and singer and actor Nicole Scherzinger carry out in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)From l-r., FIFA President Gianni Infantino takes a selfie with President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.(AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)From left; former NFL participant Tom Brady, former NBA participant Shaquille O’Neal, broadcaster Samantha Johnson, former England soccer captain Rio Ferdinand, New York Yankees’ Aaron Choose and former NHL participant Wayne Gretzky take part within the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum holds up the crew identify of Mexico in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney maintain their host nations’ names up in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)Singer Andrea Bocelli performs in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)President Donald Trump places on his FIFA Peace Prize in the course of the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photograph/Chris Carlson)
