Atlanta, Miami, Vancouver and Mexico City will be some of the venues for the 2026 World Cup, which will be played in three countries

For the first time in the history of FIFA, a World Cup will be played in three countries in 2026 and this Thursday the international organization announced the venues where the matches will be played: 11 cities in the United States, three in Mexico and two in Canada. .

In the United States, the venues that have been chosen are

, Georgia;

, Texas;

, Florida;

, Pennsylvania;

, Washington;

, Missouri;

, Texas;

, New Jersey;

, Massachusetts;

, California.

While Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee and Orlando were excluded.

Soccer fans await FIFA's decision on the venues for the 2026 World Cup, on June 16, 2022 in New York.Noah K. Murray / AP

“Miami-Dade is the ideal venue for the 2026 World Cup. Our residents come from all corners of the world, creating a vibrant metropolitan area like no other in the United States.

Soccer runs through the veins of our county.

After years of collaboration with partners across the region, we couldn't be more proud to welcome FIFA to Miami-Dade,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

In Mexico, the World Cup will be played in

, Jalisco;

, Nuevo Leon;

and

The Coloso de Santa Úrsula, in the south of the Mexican capital, better known as Estadio Azteca, will become the first to host three different world cups: in 1970, when Pelé was crowned with Brazil;

1986, when Maradona led Argentina to victory and 2026.

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One of them will be the Mexican Karen Díaz Medina]

The BMO stadium in

and BC in

, British Columbia, will be the venues for the matches to be played in Canada, which will host a World Cup for the first time.

The candidacy of the three largest countries in North America prevailed over that of Morocco, which hoped to host this international competition for the first time.

General view of the Azteca Stadium during a Liga MX match between América and Cruz Azul, on April 30, 2022. Manuel Velasquez / Getty Images

The World Cup in North America will be the first in which 48 teams play, a major change that will mean adjustments to the qualification system for the World Cup and during the competition.

In Qatar, which will host this 2022, only 32 nations qualified, as has been the custom since 1998.

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It will be the second time the United States has hosted a World Cup, after 1992.

Unlike the 1992 venue announcement during a press conference, the 2026 announcement was made during a televised show from the Fox studio in Manhattan, New York.