FIFA World Cup 2026: Toronto, Vancouver named host cities

Vancouver and Toronto have been introduced as among the many hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with venues internet hosting matches throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Three Canadian cities have been on the shortlist to earn a spot internet hosting matches for the subsequent World Cup.

Vancouver will be hosting matches at BC Place, which hosted a number of FIFA Girls’s World Cup matches in 2015. It has a capability of round 54,000 and has a synthetic floor.

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart tweeted after the announcement that he “can’t wait to welcome followers and gamers to our metropolis!”

Toronto will be hosting matches on the BMO Discipline, which hosts Toronto Argonauts and Toronto FC video games. It may well seat round 28,000 followers, however officers are hoping to make use of non permanent seats to spice up that capability to 45,000, which is the minimal variety of seats required by FIFA.

In the course of the FIFA dwell announcement, Toronto Mayor John Tory said in a video message that he welcomed the World Cup to Toronto.

“This world metropolis is able to welcome the worldwide recreation,” he mentioned. “Toronto is all in and able to welcome the world.”

Ten video games might be performed in Canada, with the precise breakdown between the 2 cities unknown.

Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium was additionally one of many finalists, however was not chosen.

Alberta’s Minister of Tradition Ron Orr mentioned in a press release that he shares within the “collective disappointment with soccer followers right here in Alberta” that the Commonwealth Stadium was not named as one of many venues.

“Whereas they received’t have the chance to see the video games right here, we do hope followers visiting Canada watch the matches and take the chance to journey to Alberta and expertise our first-class western hospitality, our picturesque landscapes and our energetic cities.” 

That is the primary time that the lads’s event might be performed in Canada, and the primary time that three international locations have collectively hosted the occasion.

This can even be the primary World Cup to incorporate 48 groups after the event’s enlargement. Earlier than the 2026 World Cup, the 2022 World Cup might be taking place in Qatar this winter.

The total record of venues contains two cities from Canada, three from Mexico, and 11 from the U.S.

2026 WORLD CUP CITIES

• Vancouver, Canada
• Seattle, U.S.
• San Francisco, U.S.
• Los Angeles, U.S.
• Guadalajara, Mexico
• Monterrey, Mexico,
• Dallas, U.S.
• Houston, U.S.
• Kansas Metropolis, U.S.
• Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
• Atlanta, U.S.
• Miami, U.S.
• Toronto, Canada
• Philadelphia, U.S.
• New York Metropolis, U.S.
• Boston, U.S.