FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced the winning bids at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup. The Canada–Mexico–United States 2026 FIFA World Cup host bid, is branded United 2026. The United States hosted 60 of the 80 matches and Canada and Mexico would host remaining matches. Three host nations, a record number of venues, and 48 teams are the most any World Cup has ever seen.
The FIFA World Cup 26 or Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026 or Coupe du Monde FIFA 2026 is set to be the biggest event in the FIFA World Cup history. The final list of hosting the North American countries has submitted a list of 32 cities. That all cities host the match of FIFA World Cup. This tournament comes with 48 teams and will start from June to July 19, 2026.
The U.S. will join France, Germany, Brazil, and Italy as nations to host the cup twice, while this will be a record third time for Mexico and Finally!! The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be staged in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
The US will host the FIFA World Cup for the second time. and this time sixteen cities will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup matches. USA, Canada, and Mexico to qualify automatically for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, is seeing to create the perfect pitch for the 2026 World Cup. The United States will host a maximum of the matches.
2026 FIFA World Cup host: Baltimore submitted to the list of 32 cities
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Russia hosted the 2018 World Cup and Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Now, we are coming to the List of Cities in the United States, that will host the football match of the World Cup are Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. Over a manic 17 days from June 11 and June 27, the entire group stage match will be completed in all 72 games of it.
The 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup will take place across Canada, Mexico, and the USA, including at Olympic venues. The cities in contention to host are New York/New Jersey, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Nashville, Orlando, San Francisco/San Jose, and Cincinnati.
North America is selected as the host continent. Baltimore along with nearby Washington and Philadelphia are on the list. The 2026 FIFA World Cup host country America is the 23rd World Cup host country for the football World Cup. Overall 48 national teams will participate in the tournament. The World Cup last came to North America in 1994.
Voting results of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
| Nation | Vote |
| Canada, Mexico, United States | 134 |
| Morocco | 65 |
| None of the bids | 3 |
| Not present for Voting | 1 |
| Total votes | 200 |
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Format of the match in FIFA World Cup 2026
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Match DetailsThe teams will be split into 12 groups of 4 teams and the top 2 teams will be part of the top 32 teams. The World Cup 24 still would have been completed within 32 days
Total matches– 80
- Expand to 48 teams (12 groups of 4teams)
Cities and Venues of FIFA World Cup 2026
The tournament will take place from June to July 19, 2026. Here’s the full list of the 16 stadiums hosting the world’s biggest football event in 2026. 16 host cities selected for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Venues below-
USA: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York / New Jersey, Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle.
Mexico: Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey.
Canada: Vancouver and Toronto.
Canada
Vancouver Edmonton – Commonwealth Stadium
Toronto – BMO Field
Mexico
Mexico City – Estadio Azteca Stadium, Capacity: 87,523
Monterrey – Estadio BBVA
Guadalajara – Estadio Akron, Capacity: 49,850
United Sports
Los Angeles – Rose Bowl, Capacity: 70,240
New York/New Jersey – MetLife Stadium
Washington, D.C – FedExField
Dallas – AT&T Stadium, Capacity: 80,000
Kansas City – Arrowhead Stadium
Denver – Empower Field at Mile High
Houston – NRG Stadium, Capacity: 72,220
Baltimore – M&T Bank Stadium
Atlanta – Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Capacity: 71,000
Philadelphia – Lincoln Financial Field, Capacity: 69,796
Nashville – Nissan Stadium
Seattle – Lumen Field, Capacity: 69,000
San Francisco Bay Area, Levi’s Stadium, Capacity: 68,500
Boston – Gillette Stadium, Capacity: 65,878
Cincinnati – Paul Brown Stadium
Miami – Hard Rock Stadium, Capacity: 64,767
Orlando – Camping World Stadium
The host cities have been divided by FIFA into 3 geographical regions
- Western: Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Guadalajara;
- Central: Kansas City, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Monterrey, and Mexico City;
- Eastern: Toronto, Boston, Nowy Jork, Filadelfia, and Miami
Who is the host of the 2026 World Cup?
Canada, Mexico, and the US will be joint hosts for the 2026 World Cup. The U.S. will host 78 matches overall, while Canada and Mexico will host 13 each. The 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup will take place in a combined 3 countries for the very first time in FIFA World Cup World history.
Group stage FIFA World Cup 2026 Matches and Stadium
| Date | Match | Venue or Stadium | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 11 | 1 2 |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Estadio Akron, Zapopan |
Central |
| June 12 | 3 4 |
BMO Field, Toronto SoFi Stadium, Inglewood |
Eastern Western |
| June 13 | 5 6 7 |
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough BC Place, Vancouver MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford |
Eastern Western Eastern |
| June 14 | 9 10 11 |
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia NRG Stadium, Houston AT&T Stadium, Arlington |
Eastern Central Central |
| June 15 | 13 14 15 |
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens Mercedes-Benz Stadium, AtlantaSoFi Stadium, Inglewood |
Eastern Eastern Western |
| June 16 | 17 18 19 |
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City |
Eastern Eastern Central |
| June 17 | 21 22 23 |
BMO Field, Toronto AT&T Stadium, Arlington NRG Stadium, Houston |
Eastern Central Central |
| June 18 | 25 26 27 |
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta SoFi Stadium, Inglewood BC Place, Vancouver |
Eastern Western Western |
| June 19 | 29 30 31 |
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara |
Eastern Eastern Western |
| June 20 | 33 34 35 |
BMO Field, Toronto Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City NRG Stadium, Houston |
Eastern Central Central |
| June 21 | 37 38 39 |
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta SoFi Stadium, Inglewood |
Eastern Eastern Western |
| June 22 | 41 42 43 |
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia AT&T Stadium, Arlington |
Eastern Eastern Central |
| June 23 | 45 46 47 |
MetLife Stadium, Foxborough BMO Field, Toronto NRG Stadium, Houston |
Eastern Eastern Central |
| June 24 | 49 50 51 53 |
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta BC Place, Vancouver Estadio Azteca, Mexico City |
Eastern Eastern Western Central |
| June 25 | 55 56 57 59 |
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford AT&T Stadium, Arlington SoFi Stadium, Inglewood |
Eastern Eastern Central Western |
| June 26 | 61 62 63 65 |
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough BMO Field, Toronto Lumen Field, Seattle NRG Stadium, Houston |
Eastern Eastern Western Central |
| June 27 | 67 68 69 71 |
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough BMO Field, Toronto Lumen Field, Seattle NRG Stadium, Houston |
Eastern Eastern Central Eastern |
Knockout Stage
The Round of 32 match start from June 28.
Saturday, 4 July 2026
- Match 89 – Winner match 74 v Winner match 77 – Philadelphia Stadium
- Match 90 – Winner match 73 v Winner match 75 – Houston Stadium
Sunday, 5 July 2026
- Match 91 – Winner match 76 v Winner match 78 – New York New Jersey Stadium
- Match 92 – Winner match 79 v Winner match 80 – Estadio Azteca Mexico City
Monday, 6 July 2026
- Match 93 – Winner match 83 v Winner match 84 – Dallas Stadium
- Match 94 – Winner match 81 v Winner match 82 – Seattle Stadium
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
- Match 95 – Winner match 86 v Winner match 88 – Atlanta Stadium
- Match 96 – Winner match 85 v Winner match 87 – BC Place Vancouver
Where will the 2026 FIFA World Cup host?
The 23rd FIFA World Cup tournament will be hosted in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted in 16 different cities for 104 games as 12 groups of four teams in each will be the format.
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