Thu, Jun 11 · 15:00 ET
Group A
Venue
Estadio Banorte (Azteca)
Mexico City
Jun 11 – Jul 19, 2026 · USA · Canada · Mexico
One Tournament. Three Nations. Forty-Eight Teams.
The largest FIFA World Cup in history. 104 matches across 16 cities, watched by an expected 6 billion people.
Kickoff in
41
days
Teams
48
New 48-team format
Matches
104
over days of football
Host cities
16
3 nations
Up first
Full schedule → Opening fixtures
The Azteca opens the show on June 11. The first six matches of the tournament play out across three nations and three days.
Thu, Jun 11 · 22:00 ET
Group A
Venue
Estadio Akron
Guadalajara
Fri, Jun 12 · 15:00 ET
Group B
Venue
BMO Field
Toronto
Fri, Jun 12 · 21:00 ET
Group D
Venue
SoFi Stadium
Los Angeles
Sat, Jun 13 · 00:00 ET
Group D
Venue
BC Place
Vancouver
Sat, Jun 13 · 15:00 ET
Group B
Venue
Levi's Stadium
San Francisco Bay Area
01 — The Draw
All twelve groups
→ The Groups
Twelve groups, four teams each. Top two advance automatically; the eight best third-placed sides join them in the round of 32.
Group A
- 🇲🇽 Mexico MEX
- 🇿🇦 South Africa RSA
- 🇰🇷 South Korea KOR
- 🇨🇿 Czechia CZE
Group B
- 🇨🇦 Canada CAN
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland SUI
- 🇶🇦 Qatar QAT
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH
Group C
- 🇧🇷 Brazil BRA
- 🇲🇦 Morocco MAR
- 🏴 Scotland SCO
- 🇭🇹 Haiti HAI
Group D
- 🇺🇸 United States USA
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay PAR
- 🇦🇺 Australia AUS
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye TUR
02 — Geography
All sixteen venues →
Host Cities
Sixteen cities across three nations will stage the tournament's 104 matches.
11
United States
3
Mexico
2
Canada
United States
Atlanta
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Matches
8
Capacity
71,000
United States
Boston
Gillette Stadium
Matches
7
Capacity
65,878
United States
Dallas
AT&T Stadium
Matches
9
Capacity
92,967
United States
Houston
NRG Stadium
Matches
7
Capacity
72,220
United States
Kansas City
Arrowhead Stadium
Matches
6
Capacity
76,416
United States
Los Angeles
SoFi Stadium
Matches
8
Capacity
70,240
03 — Newsroom
All stories → Latest
Draw
The Draw Is In: Twelve Groups, Twelve Storylines
The Kennedy Center ceremony in December set the bracket. Group I — France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq — already looks like the heaviest of the dozen.
Editorial Desk 6 min read
Qualifying
Italy Out for a Third Time: Bosnia's Penalty Shootout Heroics
Defeated on penalties in the European playoff final, the four-time champions become the first former winner to miss three consecutive World Cups.
European Desk 5 min read
Teams
Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, Uzbekistan: Meet the Four Debutants
Curaçao becomes the smallest nation by population ever to qualify. Cape Verde follow as the second-smallest. Jordan and Uzbekistan complete a historic class.
Features Desk 7 min read
The road to East Rutherford
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