The 2026 FIFA World Cup takes place from June 11 to July 19. Host nations are Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

It is the first time in the history of the event that three nations have served as joint hosts. It is Canada's first time as a host nation. The U.S. was the host nation in 1994. Mexico played host in 1970 and 1986.

As well, the 2026 event is the first to feature 48 teams. The previous tournament included 32 teams.

The format of the tournament will include a round robin and then a single-elimination tournament. To start, teams are in 12 groups of four teams. Each team plays every other team in its group, and the top two teams from those matchups advance to the final tournament. As well, the top eight third-place teams from across the 12 groups will advance. Thus, the single-elimination tournament, commonly called the knockout round, will feature 32 teams.

The host cities are these:

Canada Toronto Vancouver

Mexico Guadalajara Mexico City Monterrey

United States Atlanta Boston Dallas Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Houston New York Philadelphia Seattle San Francisco

Group matches start June 11. The final match will take in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. The losers of the semifinal matches will play each other on July 18 to determine the third-place and fourth-place finishers. As is usually the case, the team that scores the most goals during normal playing time wins. If the two teams are tied, then they play one 30-minute segment of extra time. If the two teams are still tied at that point, then they progress to penalty shootouts, with the team scoring the most goals during that bit winning the match.

The groups and their member teams are these:

Group A Czech Republic Mexico South Africa South Korea	Group B Bosnia and Herzegovina Canada Qatar Switzerland	Group C Brazil Haiti Morocco Scotland	Group D Australia Paraguay Turkey United States
Group E Curaçao Ecuador Germany Ivory Coast	Group F Japan Netherlands Sweden Tunisia	Group G Belgium Egypt Iran New Zealand	Group H Cape Verde Saudi Arabia Spain Uruguay
Group I France Iraq Norway Senegal	Group J Algeria Argentina Austria Jordan	Group K Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Portugal Uzbekistan	Group L Croatia England Ghana Panama

The 2026 World Cup will be the first such event to feature a halftime performance for the final event. Organizers have said that their blueprint will be such shows during Super Bowl halftimes.