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The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19, world soccer governing body FIFA announced on Sunday.

England men's next major tournament after the 2024 European Championship will be the 2026 World Cup staged in North America. The tournament will break new ground as it is hosted by three countries – the United States, Canada and Mexico – as well as being expanded to include 48 teams.

FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal matches dates

Semi-final matches will be played in Dallas and Atlanta on July 14 and 15 respectively.

This story, after a series of interviews from the past three months, is the latest in SportsTravel's coverage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup, which will be the biggest ever with 48 teams and 16 host cities spread across three countries.

USA at FIFA World Cup 26: Fixtures and stadiums

Los Angeles Stadium to host two matches and Seattle Stadium the venue for one during the hosts' group phase. USA will begin their FIFA World Cup 26™ campaign as hosts in Los Angeles and will remain on home soil for all three group games.

In fact, he is determined to play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and bring the trophy home. Ronaldo had an insipid Euro 2024 campaign that saw him contribute little to the team's goals.

Host nations Canada, Mexico and the United States qualify for the World Cup automatically. The other 45 places will be determined by qualifying competitions from each continental confederation.

Qualification. The United Bid personnel anticipated that all three host countries would be awarded automatic berths. On August 31, 2022, FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed that six CONCACAF teams will qualify for the World Cup, with Canada, Mexico, and the United States automatically qualifying as hosts.

FIFA has revealed the match schedule for the FIFA World Cup 26™, with the final to be held in New York New Jersey on Sunday, 19 July 2026 and the opening match featuring the Mexican national team scheduled to be played at the iconic Estadio Azteca Mexico City on Thursday, 11 June 2026.

Why did MetLife get the World Cup final? ›

New York City appeared to be the logical choice for a World Cup final from the start, with its massive public transportation system (though one needing improved links to MetLife stadium), a less controversial political climate than Texas and a rich media market in a desirable time zone.

Most of them (11) are located in the USA: Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, Boston and New York. The Mexican headquarters will be in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City. Finally, the Canadian venues are Vancouver and Toronto.

The 2026 World Cup final will take place at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium to cap a tournament set in cities across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, soccer's international governing body FIFA announced Sunday. The final will be played on July 19 at the East Rutherford, N.J., stadium.

Lionel Messi is not ruling out playing in World Cup 2026 — and has revealed he has never watched the 2022 final of the tournament. Messi will be 38 when the next World Cup starts in 2026 — and will turn 39 during the tournament — which will be hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Hosts Mexico will open the biggest-ever edition of the World Cup on Thursday, 11 June 2026 at Estadio Azteca Mexico City and will play all three of their group games on home soil.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup final will take place in New York/New Jersey.

The 2030 World Cup will be hosted by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco—with commemorative matches in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina—and six years before its kickoff, the organizing committee has already started planning the stage for the grand final: the Santiago Bernabéu.