Participating nations The tournament will feature 32 teams divided into eight groups. Teams will begin arriving in
Baku for the tournament on 19 May. Teams of Bahrain, Chad, Indonesia, Israel, Mauritania, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey and Uzbekistan will compete in the
WMF World Cup for the first time.
Draw The draw for the group composition was held in
Baku on 12 March 2025. The draw ceremony was attended by
Qarabağ FK head coach
Gurban Gurbanov,
Zira FK head coach
Rashad Sadigov, former player of the Azerbaijan minifootball team Seymur Mammadov, and Portuguese footballer
Nani. Egypt was eliminated from the tournament and replaced by the United Arab Emirates due to administrative problems, while South Africa was also eliminated and replaced by Argentina due to financial problems. Mexico withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Indonesia. == Group stage ==