The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup kicks off a year today when joint-hosts Mexico get the tournament underway in Mexico City's Azteca Stadium on June 11, 2026.
It will be the biggest World Cup, with the format expanding from 32 nations at Qatar 2022 to 48 teams in USA, Mexico and Canada. The result is 104 games across 16 cities in three nations before the new world champion is crowned at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on July 19.
There will be some familiar faces, some World Cup rookies, plenty of players and coaches under pressure to deliver and also big questions still to be answered about what happens off the pitch.