FIFA World Cup 2026 Bilety

When and where it was held

The FIFA World Cup 2026 ran from 11 June to 19 July 2026, the first World Cup ever staged across three host nations: the USA, Mexico and Canada. The expanded 48-team format spread matches across a wide range of stadiums, from Estadio Azteca in Mexico City to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, AT&T Stadium in Arlington and BC Place in Vancouver.

How the tournament was structured

With 48 teams involved, the group stage was split into twelve groups, A through L, before the field narrowed through a Round of 32, a Round of 16, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, a Third-Place Match and the Final. Group play produced some of the tournament's most closely watched fixtures, including England against Croatia at AT&T Stadium and Switzerland against Bosnia and Herzegovina at SoFi Stadium, both part of the group phase that decided who progressed to the knockout rounds.

Stadiums that hosted the action

The tournament made use of some of North America's largest venues:

• AT&T Stadium in Arlington, with a capacity of 80,000
• MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, capacity 82,500
• Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, one of football's most storied grounds
• BC Place in Vancouver and BMO Field in Toronto, Canada's two host venues
• SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and NRG Stadium in Houston, among the largest US venues used

Each stadium carried its own character, from Azteca's history as a two-time World Cup host city venue to the newer NFL-scale stadiums built for American football that were adapted for the tournament.

Teams and fixtures fans still look back on

A host of major footballing nations featured across the group stage, including England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Austria, Norway and Switzerland among the European contingent, alongside sides from every other confederation. Matches such as Ghana against Panama at BMO Field and Uzbekistan against Colombia at Estadio Azteca showed how widely the tournament's 48-team format spread the football, giving smaller footballing nations a stage alongside the traditional heavyweights. Fans following a particular nation's run through the tournament can still browse that team's page to see how their World Cup 2026 played out from the group stage onward, and group pages such as World Cup 2026 Group A through Group D remain useful for anyone revisiting how a specific section of the draw unfolded.

Comparing prices for World Cup 2026 tickets

TicketsFootball.net compared FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket prices across resale partners including StubHub, Viagogo, Hellotickets, Football Ticket Net, Gigsberg and SportsEvents365 throughout the tournament, helping fans see how listings for the same fixture varied between platforms. With the tournament now complete, this page remains a reference point for the matches, teams and stadiums that made up football's first three-nation World Cup.