
The current November 2025 playoff was proposed as an undetermined date for the 2026 release. The tournament will be played in one or more host countries and will serve as a test event for the FIFA World Cup. Two of the teams will be seeded based on the FIFA Men’s World cup Ranking, the seeded teams will play for a place in the FIFA World Cup against the winners of the first two knockout matches involving the four unseeded teams. The final two places at the FIFA World Cup will be contested in a six-team playoff tournament, consisting of one team from the confederation (excluding UEFA) and one other team from the host confederation (CONCACAF). United Bid staff assumed all three host countries would receive automatic berths.

The FIFA Council is expected to decide which, if any, hosts will receive automatic qualification for the tournament. The qualification process for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has not yet been decided. FIFA World Cup 2026 ScheduleįIFA World cup 2026 schedule is yet to be released FIFA World Cup 2026 Venues FIFA-world-cup-2026-venues Sr No. The United States last hosted the World Cup in 1994, while this will be Canada’s first time hosting or co-hosting the men’s tournament. Having previously hosted the tournament in 19, Mexico will become the first country to host or co-host the Men’s World Cup three times.

It will be the first World Cup since 2002 to be hosted by more than one nation and the first by more than two.

The United States 2026 bid beat a rival bid from Morocco during the final vote at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow.
