On Thursday, almost four years after it became introduced that the men's FIFA World Cup could be returning to America and Mexico (and coming to Canada for the primary time) in 2026, sixteen host towns have been introduced as venues for the primary-ever forty eight-crew match.
Eleven American venues have been decided on, with five positioned within the Japanese 0.33 (no matter FIFA's interpretation of Atlanta) and three within the relevant part of you. S. a . and three greater out west. Two Canadian towns (Toronto and Vancouver) will host World Cup video games for the primary time. A pair of Mexican towns (Mexico City and Guadalajara) is set to host the World Cup 0.33 times (1970 and 1986) at the same time Monterrey became selected for the second time.
Below is the listing of towns decided on as host venues for the 2026 World Cup within the United States, Canada and Mexico.
USA (eleven)
Atlanta – Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Boston – Gillette Stadium
Dallas – AT&T Stadium
Houston – NRG Stadium
Kansas City – Arrowhead Stadium
Los Angeles – SoFi Stadium
Miami – Hard Rock Stadium
New York/New Jersey – MetLife Stadium
Philadelphia – Lincoln Financial Field
San Francisco – Levi's Stadium
Seattle – Lumen Field
Canada (2)
Toronto – BMO Field
Vancouver – B.C. Place
Mexico (3)
Guadalajara – Estadio Akron
Mexico City – Estadio Azteca
Monterrey – Estadio BBVA
With 23 venues vying for sixteen spots, some outstanding towns (and platforms) have been snubbed.
Washington D.C., the nation's capital (in a joint bid with Baltimore, wherein video games could have been performed), became no longer selected.
The Rose Bowl, wherein the 1994 World Cup was performed, became additionally now no longer decided on with Los Angeles offering stadiums as options; SoFi Stadium, domestic of the NFL's Rams and Chargers, became decided on. Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville and Orlando have been the opposite American towns to overlook as 2026 World Cup venues, along with Canada's Edmonton.
Now that we understand the host towns, stadiums and venues for the 2026 World Cup, let's speak approximately the match itself.
First and foremost, as host nations, it's believed (however now no longer confirmed) that the USA, Canada and Mexico will all robotically qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
The 2026 World Cup might be the primary match proposing forty-eight groups broke up into sixteen agencies of 3. Each crew will play institution-level video games (down one from 3), with the 1st- and 2nd-location finishers advancing to the spherical of 32. It is also the primary World Cup performed throughout three unique host nations.
The concept at the back of including sixteen groups is that one spherical of institution-level video games are removed and changed through a furtherspherical of win-or-go-domestic video games withinside the knockout rounds.
Given that the very last spherical of institution video games can convey very little, or maybe no, weight pending in advance results, the brand new layout will assure that almost every sport on the 2026 World Cup is highly consequential.
Yes, FIFA will make plenty of extra cash by converting the layout. However, lovers can also be dealt with a higher first-class product, from start to end, with even more significant international superstars from "lesser" countrywide groups than ever before.
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