Matches will be held in 16 cities in total, although the vast majority of games will be played in the United States.
A year New York has been chosen to host the final match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Instead, the bronze medal match will be held in Miami, Florida.
The final of the World Cup will be held on July 19 at the MetLife Stadium in the state of New Jersey, where the New York Giants and the New York Jets of the professional American football league NFL will play their home games.
The final tournament, jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will begin on June 11 at the iconic Azteca Stadium in the Mexican capital, Mexico City. At the same time, Azteca becomes the first stadium to host World Cup matches in three different tournaments. The stadium hosted the final matches of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup competitions.
Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas, Texas will host the semifinals. Instead, the semifinals will be played in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Miami and Boston.
Matches are organized between tournament hosts in a total of 16 cities, although the vast majority of games are played in the United States.
In addition to the already mentioned cities, matches will be held in Guadalajara, Houston, Monterrey, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and the San Francisco Bay area.
Football The World Cup competitions were also held in the USA in 1994, when the final was played at the Rose Bowl stadium in the city of Pasadena near Los Angeles. New York also hosted matches in these games, although the arena at that time was Giants Stadium, which was later demolished under what is now MetLife.
Viewed from New York, across the Hudson River in East Rutherford, New Jersey, MetLife Stadium holds a total of 82,500 spectators. In addition to NFL matches, the stadium has also hosted, among other things, concerts and important international sports events, such as the final of the 2016 Copa America tournament.
In the hosting efforts, a lot of emphasis was placed on the city's experience in hosting large international events, as well as the city's internationality and transport connections.
The competition venues were announced on live television, where in addition to Gianni Infantino, the president of the International Football Association Fifa, actor Kevin Hart, rapper Drake and reality TV star Kim Kardashian appeared.
Dallas had hoped that the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the home of the NFL team Dallas Cowboys, would have been favored when choosing the host for the final game, as the covered stadium would be better protected from the weather.
The disappointment is somewhat compensated by the fact that Dallas got to host the most matches than any other city. In total, nine games will be held in Dallas.
Los Angeles had also aspired to host the finals, but the dreams had been hindered by, among other things, disagreements with Fifa about what updates the SoFi stadium, which hosts NFL matches, would need in view of the soccer World Cup.
Instead of the usual 32 teams, a total of 48 teams will compete in the 2026 World Cup competitions. This also means that the tournament has 24 matches more than usual. A total of 104 games will be organized.
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