2026 Men's Rugby League World Cup qualification
The 2026 Men's Rugby League World Cup qualification was announced on 7 August 2023. It will feature four confederation qualification tournaments for each of the four International Rugby League confederations (Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Middle East-Africa), with the four winners of each tournament facing each other in the 2025 World Series for the final two spots in the 2026 Men's Rugby League World Cup. Details of these tournament are yet to be announced, but will be open to all full member nations as of 31 March 2024 who did not qualify via the 2021 World Cup. Qualified teams

Qualification tournament

Teams
Teams which are eligible to participate in the qualification process are:

Confederation tournaments
At current, Europe is the only confederation with more than one full member nation who has not already qualified. Therefore there will be no qualification tournament for Asia-Pacific, Americas, or Middle East-Africa. World Series
The 2025 World Series will be played by, at current, Cook Islands, Jamaica, South Africa, and the winner of the European qualification tournament. Notes

References

2026 Rugby League World Cup