June 17, 2022 19:26 PM
[NetEase Sports News on the 17th]The United States, Canada, and Mexico will jointly host the 2026 World Cup, and this week FIFA officially announced 16 cities to host the World Cup, including 11 US cities, 2 Canadian cities, 3 cities Mexico City.
FIFA officially announced the 2026 World Cup host 16 cities: Los Angeles, Vancouver and other finalists
The 2026 World Cup is the first time in history that 48 teams will participate, so the competition has become even more. After the United States, Canada and Mexico jointly won the right to host the 2026 World Cup, a total of 22 cities in the three countries have applied to host the World Cup. After the inspection and selection by FIFA, the following 16 host cities were finally determined:
United States: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle.
Canada: Toronto, Vancouver.
Mexico: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: “We congratulate the 16 cities that have won the World Cup hosting rights, they have shown outstanding commitment and enthusiasm. Today is a historic day, and for everyone in these cities and their states, for FIFA, for Canada, the United States, Mexico, will have the greatest show in the world. We look forward to working with them to create an unprecedented World Cup and to make football truly global.”
Victor Montagliani, Vice-President of FIFA and President of the North American and Caribbean Confederations, said: “We are delighted with the unparalleled competitiveness of this selection process. Not only are we grateful to the 16 cities that were selected, A big thank you to the other 6 cities that participated in the bid. We look forward to continuing to interact with them and to seek more opportunities to welcome fans and participating teams. This World Cup will be co-hosted by three countries, which will undoubtedly be a huge hit for the entire region and beyond have a huge impact on the football world.”