The 12 groups for the 2026 World Cup have already been decided. The draw, held on Friday in Washington, DC, USA, decided the fate of each of the participants in the upcoming World Cup finals, including the fate of the six who will still seek a place in the qualifiers to be held in March next year (each playoff will emerge from a qualifier who already knows which region they will be in). The full fixture with days, times and venues for each of the 104 matches will be announced on Saturday. Starting at 1:00 pm. (Argentine time), in a live broadcast that will be broadcast on all FIFA channels.
The competition will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19. The opening match will be held at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City With the Tricolor team against an opponent from Group A which will be confirmed when the match is announced. In that country, which is hosting the World Cup for the third time after 1970 and 1986, matches will also be held in Guadalajara and Monterrey.
Meanwhile, the final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The United States, organized for the second time after 1994, is the country with the most stadiums – 11 – as there will also be matches in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco. Finally, Canada, which has never hosted a World Cup before, has two host cities: Toronto and Vancouver.
The Argentine national team, which will try to defend its title won in Qatar 2022, is in Group Ten alongside Algeria, Austria and Jordan. He ranked second in the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) classification, He will have an advantage heading into the knockout stage of the World Cup. If it obtains first place in its region, it will not meet Spain, which currently leads the international rankings, except in a virtual final. The Europeans also always finished top of their group.