JAKARTA – FIFA has officially announced 16 cities for the 2026 World Cup matches. The cities are the largest in the United States, Canada and Mexico, which are co-host countries.
The sixteen host cities are Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Guadalajara, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver.
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"We congratulate the 16 FIFA World Cup host cities for their extraordinary commitment and passion," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a press release quoted on Friday.
The 2026 World Cup will be the first edition to be participated in by 48 countries. Moreover, this edition is also the first time in history that the match will be played in three countries
The United States hosted the World Cup for the second time after the first in 1994. Meanwhile, Mexico set a record by hosting it for the third time after 1970 and 1986.
As for Canada, this will be history for them. They have never hosted a World Cup, except for hosting the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
"We look forward to working with them to deliver what will be an unprecedented and game-changing FIFA World Cup as we seek to make football truly global," Infantino said.
Although it has announced the 16 cities, FIFA has not specified which cities will hold group stage matches, knockout, opening and final matches.
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