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opening game – teams, start, lineups **Who**: Mexico vs South Africa **What**: [FIFA World Cup 2026](/fifa-world-cup-2026) Group A match
2026 World Cup, this venue boasts a whopping 94,000 seats and 25,000 square feet (2,300 square metres) of video displays inside. It will host the most World Cup matches (nine): five group
opening ceremony and what to watch The [World Cup 2026](/fifa-world-cup-2026) starts on Thursday, kicking off the biggest tournament in football history across the United States, Canada and Mexico. A record 48 teams will play
2026) - Best finish: Round of 16 (2014) - Overall record: W3 D3 L7 - FIFA world ranking: 28 **Overview** Algeria return to the World Cup for the first time since 2014, carrying a familiar sense of optimism
teams for the FIFA World Cup 2026? ⚽ **Group A:** Mexico, South Africa, Korea Republic (South Korea), Czechia (Czech Republic) ⚽ **Group B:** Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Switzerland ⚽ **Group C:** Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland ⚽ **Group
openly declaring it can win the World Cup. Second, that it has not been ridiculed for saying so – which speaks volumes about the respect Senegal’s national team has earned from the footballing world. “Those
2026 national team base camps and their locations? As the World Cup approaches its kickoff day, the participating teams are getting closer to finalising their squads and planning their final few weeks before the June
team has not played a World Cup qualifier in Baghdad since. In March 2020, Fifa gave the green light to the southern city of Basra, meaning that, at last, crucial home games did not have
2026 World Cup squad due to hamstring injury Injured Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma has been left out of Japan’s [World Cup](/fifa-world-cup-2026/) squad in a major blow to their chances of progressing beyond
team is playing in your local time. ## Where will the matches be played? Matches will be played across [16 cities](https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2026/world-cup-2026-stadiums/) in three countries. The US will host the most – 78 matches across
teams, and subsequently add an extra knockout round, meant the 2026 tournament is set to feature a whopping 104 matches, the most in the World Cup’s history and 40 more than the total
opening without the country’s delegation, its absence highlighting tensions and challenges surrounding the tournament. Iran’s absence deprived Thursday’s congress of direct representation from a country whose presence at the 2026 World Cup
2026 [Denis Balibouse/Reuters] “That goes in 211 countries all over the world, to allow football projects, academies, stadiums, pitches, competitions for girls, for boys, in 211 countries – more than the UN – to be played
team's World Cup tune-up games](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5766547/world-cup-usmnt-portugal-belgium-losses) Although numbers fluctuate regularly, FIFA's ticketing website still shows 132 tickets left to sell for a game that's set to take place
teams – proceed to the next phase, the round of 32, which has been introduced at the World Cup for the first time. 
opening match will be played in Mexico City on 11 June. And the final is in the US state of New Jersey on 19 July. For anyone new to the beautiful game, here's what
2026 FIFA World Cup in North America kick off Thursday with Mexico vs. South Africa and South Korea vs. Czech Republic. The first game for the United States will be against Paraguay on Friday
teams for the FIFA World Cup 2026? ⚽ **Group A:** Mexico, South Africa, Korea Republic, Czechia ⚽ **Group B:** Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Switzerland ⚽ **Group C:** Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland ⚽ **Group D:** United States, Paraguay, Australia
2026. CREDIT: José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR, @josealvarado](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6561x4376+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdd%2F4e%2F01d50e234a36a8227a03235dd82b%2F260607-npr-7line-worldcup-josealvaradojr-0462.JPG) Juan David Iza, opens a sticker packet of Panini World Cup players along Roosevelt Avenue and 98 Street in Queens. **José A. Alvarado
matches. Prestianni made his debut for Argentina’s national team in November and has been part of their squad in recent months. The World Cup – cohosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States – will conclude