World Cup 2026 sẽ được tổ chức tại ba quốc gia Bắc Mỹ bao gồm Hoa Kỳ, Canada và Mexico. Đây là lần đầu tiên giải đấu lớn nhất hành tinh được tổ chức tại nhiều quốc gia, đánh dấu một bước tiến quan trọng trong lịch sử bóng đá thế giới.
Trong số các sân vận động được chọn để tổ chức các trận đấu của World Cup 2026, có một số sân nổi bật như:
Sân vận động MetLife Stadium ở New Jersey, Hoa Kỳ. Đây là sân vận động lớn nhất nước Mỹ với sức chứa hơn 85.000 chỗ ngồi. Sân sẽ là nơi diễn ra trận khai mạc giải đấu.
Sân vận động Azteca ở Mexico City, Mexico. Đây là sân vận động lâu đời nhất trong số các sân được chọn, từng tổ chức các trận đấu World Cup trước đây. Sức chứa của sân khoảng 83.000 chỗ ngồi.
Sân vận động BMO Field ở Toronto, Canada. Sân này được xây dựng đặc biệt để phục vụ cho các trận đấu bóng đá quốc tế, với sức chứa khoảng 20.000 chỗ ngồi.
Các đội tuyển đã được xác nhận tham dự World Cup 2026 bao gồm:
Hoa Kỳ, Canada và Mexico - ba quốc gia đồng chủ nhà, sẽ tự động có mặt trong vòng chung kết.
Các đội tuyển khác cũng đã được thông báo sẽ tham gia, bao gồm Brazil, Pháp, Đức, Tây Ban Nha, Argentina, Anh, Bồ Đào Nha, Uruguay, Colombia, Bỉ, Hà Lan, Thụy Sĩ, Thụy Điển, Na Uy, Ba Lan, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Ai Cập, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Congo, Zambia, Nam Phi, Australia, Nhật Bản, Hàn Quốc, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Oman, Yemen, Philippines, Thái Lan, Việt Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lào, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ấn Độ, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Cong, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 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Trong khi đó, văn hóa của các quốc gia chủ nhà World Cup 2026 mang đậm bản sắc riêng biệt. Ở Mexico, người dân yêu thích bóng đá và thường tổ chức các lễ hội lớn trong suốt giải đấu. Ở Canada, văn hóa đa dạng với nhiều cộng đồng khác nhau, mỗi nơi có phong tục riêng. Ở Hoa Kỳ, bóng đá đang ngày càng phát triển mạnh mẽ và được xem như một phần quan trọng trong đời sống thể thao.
