Today, FIFA concluded the first venue visits to the 2026 FIFA World Cup candidate host cities, with a delegation led by FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani, completing a tour of Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Washington DC, Baltimore, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Miami. During every visit, the FIFA …
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Following various virtual sessions and continued exchange on a wide range of technical matters, FIFA will launch the first venue visits to the 2026 FIFA World Cup candidate host cities on September 15. The initial tour will last nine days, with visits to the following US cities: Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, …
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FIFA has been informed by Canada Soccer of the decision taken by the City of Montreal to withdraw from the venue selection process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFA would like to thank Montreal for its participation and all local stakeholders involved for their efforts. FIFA continues to work …
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As part of the next stage of the venue selection process, FIFA has provided further information to the 23 candidate host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States regarding the timeline with deadlines set for 2021, subject to any restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. …
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FIFA has awarded the exclusive rights to the 2026 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters in each of the Nordic territories: DR and TV2 in Denmark, YLE and MTV in Finland, TV2 and NRK in Norway, and SVT and TV4 in Sweden. The deals complete FIFA’s current sales cycle in the …
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be the first to feature 48 teams and 80 matches, moved a step closer today as FIFA completed a series of three workshops with the host associations and their respective candidate host cities. Confirming the high level of interest sparked by the FIFA …
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CONCACAF in a official statement after the announcement that the 2026 FIFA World Cup would be hosted by the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico in North America, said, we are very excited and humbled that the FIFA Member Associations have entrusted the CONCACAF region with the honor of …
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to be jointly hosted by the United States of America, Canada and Mexico after they won the vote at the FIFA Congress against Morocco. The 68th FIFA Congress was held today in Moscow, a day before the kick-off of the 2018 FIFA World …
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As it gears up for the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Moscow hosted meeting number 7 of the FIFA Council this Sunday, June 10. FIFA’s strategic body decided on a number of important competition matters, chief of which was another key step in the bidding process for …
Read More »As part of the ongoing bidding process of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and following the submission of the bid books, the 2026 Bid Evaluation Task Force will visit the respective member associations as follows: Joint bid by the Canadian Soccer Association, the Mexican Football Association and the United States …
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