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FIFA 2026 World Cup to be held in US, Canada & Mexico

Written by  Nimrat Kaur -- June 13th 2018 05:26 PM -- Updated: June 15th 2018 12:16 AM
FIFA 2026 World Cup to be held in US, Canada & Mexico

FIFA 2026 World Cup to be held in US, Canada & Mexico

FIFA 2026 World Cup to be held in US, Canada & Mexico The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the biggest World Cup ever held - with 48 teams playing 80 matches over 34 days. "Football is the only victor. We are all united in football," US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro said. "Thank you so, so much for this incredible honour. Thank you for entrusting us with this privilege." FIFA 2026 World Cup to be held in US, Canada & Mexico Of the 211 Fifa member nations, 200 cast a vote at the 68th Fifa Congress in Moscow on Wednesday, with the winning bid needing a majority of 104. Canada, Mexico, Morocco and the US were exempt, while Ghana was absent after the country's government said it had disbanded its football association amid allegations of "widespread" corruption. Three US territories - Guam, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico - were among the other member nations to not vote. -PTC News


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