We knew the 2026 World Cup Standings Details. Following the draw carried out the day before, FIFA (International Football Federation) revealed this Saturday (6) the times and locations of the 72 matches in the group stage of the competition, which will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
THE Brazilian team will be focused on the east coast of the United States. If they confirm their favoritism and reach first place in their group, they will also play all their matches in the United States in the round of 16, the country which will host most of the clashes and all of them from the quarter-finals onwards.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team will begin their campaign on June 13, a Saturday, at 7 p.m. (Brasilia time) at the MetLife Stadium, against Morocco. The stadium is located in the town of East Rutherford in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area and will also be the scene of the grand final, scheduled for July 19.
Next, the yellow-green team will travel to Philadelphia, where they will face Haiti on the 19th, a Friday, at 10 p.m. (Brasilia time), at Lincoln Financial Field. And he will finish his participation in Group C on the 24th, a Wednesday, against Scotland, at Hard Rock Stadium, at 7 p.m. (Brasilia time), at Miami Gardens, in the suburbs of Miami.
If Brazil were to top the group, its path to the eventual final would pass through Houston (June 29), East Rutherford (July 5), Miami Gardens (July 11) and Atlanta (July 15).
Once the design of the board is defined, coach Ancelotti, coordinator Rodrigo Caetano and other members of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) will travel across the United States to visit training centers. Inspections will begin this Sunday (7).
“We are going to start a new visit to the FIFA base camps, we are with our team for this. With the coach (Ancelotti) we will look at the possibilities. We will be very calm, we will have a very technical decision-making process, also taking into account the weather conditions, but it is not only this question that will enter into our decision-making,” Caetano said.