World Cup 2026 Teams National Anthems

Unlike in Europe the American national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, is played before all major sporting events including MLS soccer matches.

At the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada both teams' national anthems will be played before each game creating the necessary national fervor along with the display of the national flags.

See a list of the national anthems of the 48 teams competing at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

From Algeria to Uzbekistan; from The Oath to O'zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi.

National Team	National Anthem (date of composition / adoption)
Algeria	Qassaman - The Oath - (1956)
Argentina	Himno Nacional Argentino (1813)
Australia	Advance Australia Fair (1984)
Austria	Land der Berge, Land am Strome - Land of Mountains, Land by the River - (1946)
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Državna himna Bosne i Hercegovine - (1999)
Belgium	La Brabançonne - The Brabantian - (1830)
Brazil	Hino Nacional Brasileiro (1813)
Canada	O Canada (1980) *though the music is much older
Cape Verde	Cântico da Liberdade - Song of Freedom - (1996)
Czech Republic (Czechia)	Kde domov můj? (Where is My Home?) - (1993)
Colombia	Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia aka Oh, gloria inmarcesible! - Oh, Unfading Glory! - (words 1850 / music 1887)
Croatia	Lijepa naša domovino - Our Beautiful Homeland - (1972 *words and lyrics are both from the 19th century)
Curaçao	Himno di Kòrsou meaning Anthem of Curaçao, (1978)
DR Congo	Debout Congolais (Arise Congolese) - (1960/restored 1997)
Ecuador	Salve, Oh Patria! - Hail, Oh Fatherland - (1948)
Egypt	Bilady, Bilady, Bilady - My Country, My Country, My Country - (1979).
England	God Save The King (1745 debut; became widely used at the beginning of the 19th century)
France	La Marseillaise (1795)
Germany	Deutschlandlied - Song of the Germans - only the third verse, starting with Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity and Justice and Freedom), is officially sung as the national anthem; the first verse beginning Deutschland, Deutschland über alles* is omitted (1922)
Ghana	God Bless Our Homeland Ghana (1957)
Haiti	La Dessalinienne - The Dessalines Song - (1904)
Iran	Soroud-e Melli-e Jomhouri-e Eslami-e Iran (1990)
Iraq	Mawtini (2004)
Ivory Coast	"L'Abidjanaise" - The Song of Abidjan - (1960)
Japan	Kimigayo (君が代) - His Imperial Majesty's Reign - *it is one of the world's oldest anthems, with lyrics from a Heian Period (794-1185) poem (1999)
Jordan	As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni - The Royal Anthem of Jordan - (1946)
Mexico	Himno Nacional Mexicano (1943)
Morocco	Cherifian Anthem" - النشيد الشريف, an-našīd aš-šarīf - (1956)
Netherlands	Wilhelmus van Nassouwe" aka Het Wilhelmus (1932 *though the lyrics dates back to the mid 16th century)
New Zealand	New Zealand has two national anthems. They are God Defend New Zealand (1977) and God Save the King. Both have equal status but the former is now more frequently heard at official occasions and sporting events such as The Olympics and All Blacks rugby and All Whites football matches.
Norway	Ja, vi elsker dette landet - Yes, we love this country - (2019 *though first performed in 1864)
Panama	Himno Istmeño - Isthmian Hymn (1925)
Paraguay	Paraguayos, República o Muerte - Paraguayans, Republic or Death - (1934)
Portugal	A Portuguesa - The Portuguese - (1911)
Qatar	As-Salam al-Amiri - Peace to the Amir ( 1996)
Saudi Arabia	Aash Al Maleek - Long Live Our Beloved King or, Sār'ī - Hasten - which is the opening phrase - (1984)
Scotland	Flower of Scotland (*first used by the Scotland rugby team in 1990 and later by the football team by 1997)
Senegal	Le Lion rouge - The Red Lion (1960)
South Africa	A shortened, combined version of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and The Call of South Africa (1997)
South Korea	Aegukga (애국가) - The Patriotic Song or The Song of Love for the Country - (1948)
Spain	Marcha Real - Royal March - (1770)
Sweden	Du gamla, du fria (Thou ancient, Thou free) - (1930s)
Switzerland	Swiss Psalm - German: Schweizerpsalm; French: Cantique suisse; Italian: Salmo svizzero; Romansh: Psalm Svizzer - (1981)
Tunisia	Humat al-Hima - حماة الحمى - Defenders of the Homeland - (1987)
Turkey	İstiklâl Marşı (Independence March) - (1921)
Uruguay	Himno Nacional del Uruguay aka Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba - Easterners, the Fatherland or the Grave - (1833)
USA	The Star Spangled Banner (1931)
Uzbekistan	O'zbekiston Respublikasining Davlat Madhiyasi (1992)

Notes

Originally a poem written in the 1870s, "God Defend New Zealand" was put to music in 1876. It has two versions, one in Maori and the other in English. The author was Thomas Bracken, an Irish-born immigrant who came to Dunedin from Victoria in Australia.

The composer of the Portuguese national anthem was Alfredo Keil (1850-1907), a musician, painter and poet.

Qatar's national anthem was written by Sheikh Mubarak bin Sayf Al Thani and composed by Abdulaziz Nassir Al Ubaydan Al Fakhru.

The national anthem of Senegal's opening line, "Pincez tous vos koras, frappez les balafons" (Everyone strum your koras, strike the balafons), reflects the country's musical heritage. The lyrics were written by the nation's first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, with music composed by Frenchman Herbert Pepper.

The South African national anthem is a hybrid anthem adopted in 1997 that combines extracts from the 19th-century hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (God Bless Africa) and the apartheid-era anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (The Call of South Africa). It is unique for being a "neo-modal" anthem that begins in one key and finishes in another.

The Spanish national anthem has no lyrics only music. Also the anthems of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and San Marino contain no words.

The national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina is among the rare anthems that are protected by copyright.

Since 1921 Iraq has had five national anthems in a period of less than 100 years.