The opening game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, will be played in Mexico City on June 11, with the final in New Jersey on July 19, FIFA announced this Sunday.
MetLife Stadium, located in the town of East Rutherford in the North American state of New Jersey, eight kilometers west of New York, with a capacity of 82,500 spectators, will host the World Cup final for the first time, said the president of the body that oversees football at the international level, Gianni Infantino, in video broadcasts.
Estadio Azteca, a stadium with more than 87,000 seats in the Mexican capital, will host the first game of the World Cup for the third time since it was the opening scene of the 1970 tournaments won by Pele’s Brazil and Argentina’s 1986 victory. Diego Maradona.
The game will feature Mexico, one of the hosts of the inaugural 48-team World Cup, as well as Canada, which will play its first game on June 12 in Toronto, and the United States, which will also take part in the tournament. 12th, Los Angeles.
The semifinals will be held in the North American cities of Atlanta and Arlington in Texas, and the game for third and fourth places will be in Miami.
Of the 104 games scheduled for the 2026 World Cup, 78 will be held in the United States, in 11 cities: in addition to New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Arlington and Miami, there are also Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Houston. , Seattle and San Francisco.
The World Cup also brings together the cities of Vancouver in Canada, Monterrey and Guadalajara in Mexico.
Argentina are the defending champions, having won the trophy for the third time at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.