2026 FIFA World Cup (C1000x)

The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 14 June to 15 July 2026 at sites in United States, Mexico and Canada, with its final match hosted by Mexico at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

The tournament phase involved 48 teams, of which 31 came through qualifying competitions, while as the host nations qualified automatically. In the final, Portugal played Brazil (the then-World Cup champion) on 15 July. Portugal won the match 5–3 to claim their first World Cup.

Host selection
The FIFA Council went back and forth between 2013 and 2017 on limitations within hosting rotation based on the continental confederations. Originally, it was set that bids to be host would not be allowed from countries belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments. It was temporarily changed to only prohibit countries belonging to the confederation that hosted the previous World Cup from bidding to host the following tournament, before the rule was changed back to its prior state of two World Cups. However, the FIFA Council did make an exception to potentially grant eligibility to member associations of the confederation of the second-to-last host of the FIFA World Cup in the event that none of the received bids fulfill the strict technical and financial requirements. In March 2017, FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed that "Europe (UEFA) and Asia (AFC) are excluded from the bidding following the selection of Russia and Qatar in 2018 and 2022 respectively." Therefore, the 2026 World Cup could be hosted by one of the remaining four confederations: CONCACAF (North America; last hosted in 1994), CAF (Africa; last hosted in 2010), CONMEBOL (South America; last hosted in 2014), or OFC (Oceania, never hosted before), or potentially by UEFA in case no bid from those four met the requirements.

Co-hosting the FIFA World Cup—which had been banned by FIFA after the 2002 World Cup—was approved for the 2026 World Cup, though not limited to a specific number but instead evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Also for 2026, the FIFA general secretariat, after consultation with the Competitions Committee, had the power to exclude bidders who did not meet the minimum technical requirements to host the competition.

Canada, Mexico and the United States had all publicly considered bidding for the tournament separately, but the United joint bid was announced on April 10, 2017.

Qualified Teams

 * AFC (8)
 * Flag of Australia.png Australia (41)
 * Flag of Iran.svg Iran (31)
 * Flag of Iraq.png Iraq (68)
 * Flag of Japan.svg Japan (28)
 * Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (58)
 * Flag of Saudi Arabia.jpg Saudi Arabia (65)
 * Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (39)
 * Flag of the United Arab Emirates.png UAE (73)


 * CAF (9)
 * Flag of Algeria.png Algeria (33)
 * Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (55)
 * Flag of Egypt.png Egypt (46)
 * Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg.png Ivory Coast (59)
 * Flag of Mali.svg Mali (57)
 * Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (34)
 * Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (32)
 * Flag of Senegal.png Senegal (22)
 * Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (26)


 * CONCACAF (7)
 * Flag of Canada.png Canada (co-host) (70)
 * Flag of Costa Rica.png Costa Rica (50)
 * Flag of Curaçao.png Curaçao (76)
 * Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti (83)
 * Flag of Jamaica.png Jamaica (45)
 * Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (co-host) (11)
 * Flag of the United States.svg United States (co-host) (20)


 * CONMEBOL (7)
 * Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (8)
 * Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (3)
 * Flag of Chile.svg Chile (19)
 * Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (15)
 * Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (35)
 * Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (9)
 * Flag of Venezuela.png Venezuela (30)


 * OFC (1)
 * Flag of New Zealand.png New Zealand (122)


 * UEFA (16)
 * Flag of Albania.png Albania (66)
 * Flag of Austria.svg Austria (23)
 * Flag of Belgium.png Belgium (1)
 * Flag of Croatia.png Croatia (14)
 * Flag of England.svg England (4)
 * Flag of France.png France (2)
 * Flag of Germany.png Germany (12)
 * Flag of Greece.png Greece (51)
 * Flag of Italy.png Italy (7)
 * Flag of the Netherlands.png Netherlands (16)
 * Flag of Poland.png Poland (21)
 * Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (5)
 * Flag of Russia.png Russia (38)
 * Flag of Spain.png Spain (6)
 * Flag of Switzerland.png Switzerland (13)
 * Flag of Wales.png Wales (17)