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Canada will host 13 of the 104 games at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with seven in Vancouver and six in Toronto.
B.C. Place in Vancouver to host 7 games; 6 games to be played at Toronto’s BMO Field
Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press
· Posted: Feb 04, 2024 4:11 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Toronto’s BMO field, pictured above, will be host to six games at the men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup, including the first-ever FIFA World Cup game held in Canada on Jun. 12, 2026. B.C. Place in Vancouver will be host to seven games. (Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press/File)Canada will host 13 of the 104 games at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with seven in Vancouver and six in Toronto.
As expected, the U.S. will stage the lion’s share of the action — with 78 games — at the expanded 48-team soccer showcase. Like Canada, Mexico will host 13 games.
The 2026 tournament will kick off June 11 at Mexico City’s historic Azteca Stadium and close July 19 with the championship game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The bronze-medal game will take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Toronto’s BMO Field will host the Canadian men in the opening game on Canadian soil on June 12.
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—@FIFAWorldCupCanada will stage 10 opening-round games — split evenly between Toronto and Vancouver, which will host Canada’s two other opening-round matches at B.C. Place Stadium.
Toronto and Vancouver will each stage a Round of 32 knockout game with Vancouver also hosting a Round of 16 match.
Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium, pictured above, will be host to seven games at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including Canada’s final two group-stage games on Jun. 18 and Jun. 24. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press/File)The U.S. plays its first group game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. Seattle will also host U.S. group games.
The 2026 tournament was initially planned for 80 games, with the U.S. expected to host 60 and Canada and Mexico getting 10 apiece. The group phase was subsequently enlarged, adding an additional 24 games.
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There are 16 host cities — two in Canada, three in Mexico and the rest in the U.S. AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will host the most with nine.
With 45 teams still to qualify, the full schedule will have to wait until the tournament draw in December 2025.
