Overview
- The tournament runs from 11 June to 19 July across the United States, Mexico and Canada, with the opener at Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca and the final at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey.
- The format features 12 groups of four with the top two plus eight best third‑placed teams advancing to a new round of 32, creating 104 matches over 38 days and an eight‑win path to the title.
- Matches are allocated to 16 host cities—11 in the U.S., three in Mexico and two in Canada—with all games from the quarterfinals onward staged in the United States.
- Defending champion Argentina is in Group J with Algeria, Austria and Jordan and will play its group fixtures in Kansas City and Dallas.
- FIFA reports more than 150 million ticket requests in two weeks, vastly exceeding available supply.