Tournament in progress United States, Canada & Mexico2026-06-11 → 2026-07-19
2026 FIFA WORLD CUP
The first 48-team World Cup. Three hosts, 16 cities, 104 matches across 39 days. Argentina arrive as champions; everyone else arrives to take it from them.
48
Teams
up from 32
3
Hosts
USA · CAN · MEX
16
Cities
11 US + 3 MX + 2 CA
104
Matches
across 39 days
Next up · Group stage
Ecuador vs Curaçao
· Arrowhead Stadium
Format
48 teams, 12 groups, one new round
12 groups of 4 → Round of 32 (top 2 + 8 best 3rd) → R16 → QF → SF → 3rd / Final.
- 12×4groups of four play a round-robin
- 2+2+8top two of each group plus eight best third-placed advance
- R32a brand-new knockout round, never before in a WC
- R16+classic knockouts the rest of the way
Group stage
June 11 - 27
72matches
Round of 32
June 28 - July 3
16matches
Round of 16
July 4 - 7
8matches
Quarter-finals
July 9 - 11
4matches
Semi-finals
July 14 - 15
2matches
Third-place
July 18
1match
Final
July 19
1match
The draw
48 teams, 12 groups
Group A
Host - Mexico
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Czech Republic
Group B
Host - Canada
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Qatar
- Switzerland
Group C
- Brazil
- Morocco
- Haiti
- Scotland
Group D
Host - United States
- Paraguay
- Australia
- Turkey
Group E
- Germany
- Curaçao
- Ivory Coast
- Ecuador
Group F
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Sweden
- Tunisia
Group G
- Belgium
- Egypt
- Iran
- New Zealand
Group H
- Spain
- Cape Verde
- Saudi Arabia
- Uruguay
Group I
- France
- Senegal
- Iraq
- Norway
Group J
- Argentina
- Algeria
- Austria
- Jordan
Group K
- Portugal
- DR Congo
- Uzbekistan
- Colombia
Group L
- England
- Croatia
- Ghana
- Panama
Debutants
Stepping out on the world stage
Hosts
Three nations, 16 cities
United States
11 venues
- AT&T Stadium Dallas
- MetLife Stadium New York / NJ
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta
- Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City
- NRG Stadium Houston
- Levi's Stadium San Francisco
- SoFi Stadium Los Angeles
- Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia
- Lumen Field Seattle
- Gillette Stadium Boston
- Hard Rock Stadium Miami
Canada
2 venues
- BC Place Vancouver
- BMO Field Toronto
Mexico
3 venues
- Estadio Azteca Mexico City
- Estadio BBVA Monterrey
- Estadio Akron Guadalajara
Defending champions
Argentina
Lifted in Lusail on 18 December 2022. Messi's final tournament, won via penalties after a 3-3 instant classic vs France. Drawn into Group J alongside Algeria, Austria, and Jordan.