The 2026 World Cup is underway as 48 nations are break up into 12 teams for the primary time within the event’s lengthy historical past.
Co-hosts Mexico, USA and Canada are the highest seeds in Teams A, B and D respectively, whereas Scotland are in Group C with Brazil, Morocco and Haiti, and England are all the best way down in Group L with Croatia, Ghana and Panama. The highest two sides in every group will qualify for the World Cup’s first ever spherical of 32, as will the eighth finest third-place groups. Simply three factors may very well be sufficient for some groups to achieve the knockout levels.
There will probably be 104 matches, up by 40 for the reason that Qatar World Cup in 2022, whereas Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo more likely to play on this stage for the final time of their glittering careers.
Listed below are all of the fixtures, outcomes and newest group standings:
The World Cup started in Mexico Metropolis’s Azteca Stadium, the location of Diego Maradona’s most well-known and notorious targets towards England on the 1986 World Cup.
It was additionally the venue for 2 traditional World Cup finals: Brazil’s win over Italy in 1970 which included Carlos Alberto’s iconic group aim to cap a 4-1 win; and Argentina’s 3-2 win over West Germany in 1986, the place Jorge Burruchaga grabbed an 84th-minute winner.
Mexico and Canada will host 13 video games in every, and the US will host 78.
From the quarter-finals onwards, the US will host the entire remaining matches, with the ultimate in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.
Who will win the World Cup?
Soccer’s largest query is again – and the controversy is already heating up. England’s new golden era, Argentina’s defending champions, France’s relentless depth and Spain’s evolving younger facet all have robust claims to glory on the World Cup.
Now it’s your flip: who do you assume will raise the trophy?
