The 2026 FIFA World Cup shall be held in three North American nations; USA, Canada and Mexico. It’s the first time the match shall be held by three nations, and the primary North American World Cup since 1994. The ultimate shall be held within the US, on the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.
Donald Trump gained the US presidential election.(AP)
The upcoming World Cup may even see Donald Trump current the trophy to the winners, after he sealed a historic victory within the US presidential election this week, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris.
However with Trump’s win, FIFA additionally has a matter to take care of. Throughout his marketing campaign, Trump revealed that the visa purposes would get tougher, which suggests the wait time shall be extra prolonged now, which may affect fan journey through the World Cup.
The bidding and lobbying efforts for the 2026 World Cup came about throughout Trump’s earlier presidency tenure from 2016-20.
The 2026 World Cup would be the first to incorporate 48 groups, expanded from 32. USA, Canada and Mexico fashioned the United 2026 bid, which beat a rival bid by Morocco throughout a last vote on the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow.
The 16 host cities have already been introduced by FIFA, and they’re Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Guadalajara, Kansas Metropolis, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Monterrey, Mexico Metropolis, Toronto, Boston, New York Metropolis, Philadelphia, and Miami.
The entire variety of matches performed will improve from 64 to 104, and the variety of video games performed by groups reaching the ultimate 4 will improve from seven to eight. The match will final for 39 days, a rise from 32 days of the 2014 and 2018 editions. Either side will nonetheless play three group matches. Argentina are the defending champions, having crushed France in an exciting penalty shootout victory on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.