Published4. February 2024, 9:33 p.m.
2026 World Cup: The opening match in Mexico, the final in New York
The ceremony and the opening match of the next World Cup will take place at the Azteca stadium, as in 1970 and 1986. The final will be played in New York.
From Mexico to New York. The opening ceremony and match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, contested in the United States, Mexico and Canada by 48 teams, will take place in Mexico City at the historic Azteca Stadium, FIFA announced on Sunday. The final will take place in New York, or, more precisely, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Azteca stadium is the first stadium in history to have the honors of opening the competition for the third time, after 1970 and 1986, editions which resulted respectively, in the same enclosure, in the coronations of Brazil by Pelé and Maradona’s Argentina.
For the final, MetLife Stadium, host of the New York Jets and Giants American football teams, located precisely in East Rutherford in New Jersey (west of Manhattan), was preferred to Dallas and Los Angeles, other cities tipped to host the final.
The match for 3rd place in Miami
Canada will play its first match in Toronto on June 12 and the United States in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium the same day, before playing in Seattle, FIFA announced, through Gianni Infantino, during a televised ceremony in the presence of comedian Kevin Hart, rapper Drake and star Kim Kardashian.
The match for 3rd place will take place in Miami, where superstar Lionel Messi has been playing at Inter Miami since last year. The Argentine, aged 36, winner of the previous edition in Qatar in December 2022, has not closed the door to a presence in 2026. He is already expected at the Copa America, contested this year in the United States from June 20 to July 16, a sort of “pre-world”.
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2024-02-04 20:33:40
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