With the first 48-team edition of the World Cup coming next summer, the group stage has been officially Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, a collection of FIFA soccer legends, dignitaries and celebrities drew the groups from four pots. Now, we know who every country will have to play next summer across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Forty-two teams have been placed into groups, and the last six spots will be determined in , Argentina, Brazil, and Germany enter the tournament with the strongest odds to advance from the group stage Gonçalo Inacio Jersey, supported by recent major-tournament success and talent-rich rosters. The Spaniards are the defending European Champions while the Argentinians are looking to win back-to-back titles. Germany has not made it out of the group stage in the last two World Cups, but has always been a perennial contender having won four titles in its history.