World Cup 2026 schedule, fixture dates and stadium venues

The schedule for the boys’s 2026 World Cup has been introduced, as Fifa unveiled an enormous event each in geography and the sheer quantity of soccer.

The event can be performed throughout Mexico, Canada and the USA in an expanded format with 48 groups included for the primary time. They can be cut up throughout 12 teams of 4, with the highest two progressing robotically to the knockout phases and the eight greatest third-placed groups additionally going via to the spherical of 32.

The World Cup will start in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium, the location of Diego Maradona’s most well-known and notorious objectives in opposition to England on the 1986 World Cup. It was additionally the venue for 2 traditional World Cup finals: Brazil’s win over Italy in 1970 which included Carlos Alberto’s iconic staff aim to cap a 4-1 win; and Argentina’s 3-1 extra-time win over Netherlands in 1986, the place Mario Kempes scored twice.

Mexico and Canada will host 13 video games in every, and the United States will host 78. From the quarter-finals onwards, the US will host the entire remaining matches, with the ultimate in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

What are the World Cup 2026 dates?

The event begins in Mexico on 11 June, and concludes with the ultimate in New Jersey on 19 July.