Fifa unveiled Thursday evening the sixteen cities that will host the meetings of the 2026 World Cup, distributed in Mexico, Canada and the United States.
FIFA revealed Thursday in New York the 16 cities that will host matches of the 2026 World Cup organized for the first time in three countries, the United States, Mexico and Canada, keeping the suspense for the final. Most stadiums will have capacities of around 60,000 seats.
Eleven US cities have been validated (Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, New York), while Mexico will have three (Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey) and Canada two (Toronto and Vancouver).
Unsurprisingly, the Azteca stadium in Mexico City is on the list and becomes the first to host three World Cups, after those of 1970 and 1986 when it was the scene of the finals won by Brazil and then Argentina.
Six cities were recalibrated, after a choice “very difficult”assured in New York the president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Gianni Infantino: Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Orlando, and a Washington DC/Baltimore bid for the United States, as well as Edmonton in Canada.
The place of the final remains nevertheless still undefined according to the president Gianni Infantino “we still have to discuss it, have an analysis and we will make a decision when the time comes” he then said in the press release.
An edition that will mark a turning point in the history of football since the 2026 World Cup will inaugurate a new format with 48 teams and 80 matches, against 32 teams and 64 matches for the World Cup-2022 this fall in Qatar.
The FIFA boss promised a reflection on the distances traveled, while some cities are more than 4,000 km away.
