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FIFA confirmed nine cities, where a total of 13 training centers will be distributed for the World Cup teams

CARLOS HORTA MARTÍNEZ
CANTON GROUP

He World Cup 2026 It will be much more than a football party, as it will be the first time that a World Cup It will be held in 3 different countries and in which 48 teams will participate.

The FIFA confirmed that Mexico will not only host official matches in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, but will also extend the World Cup experience to other regions of the country.

The FIFA unveiled the 13 options training centers in Mexico that the teams will have during the World Cup.

The concentration places will be distributed in nine cities in the country, including Cancún, Monterrey, Tijuana, Querétaro, Pachuca, Torreón, Puebla, Guadalajara and Mexico City.

These 13 Mexican headquarters will join the 51 that the United States will have and the two in Canada, to complete the 66 training centers confirmed by FIFA.

It should be noted that the World Cup 2026 It will be the first in the history of the FIFA to have 48 teams and therefore there will be 12 groups of four teams each.

A total of 104 games will be played, distributed as follows: 78 in the United States, 13 in Mexico and 13 in Canada. As for the venues, the United States will have 11, Mexico with three and Canada with two.

The 2026 World Cup It will begin on Thursday, June 11, 2026, marking the beginning of a historic edition with 48 participating teams. The tournament will last more than a month and will conclude on Sunday, July 19, 2026, the day the grand final will be played.

It will be the first time that the World Cup is played in three different countries, and Mexico will become the only nation to host a World Cup for the third time, after having done so in 1970, when Pelé’s Brazil was crowned, and 1986, when Diego Armando Maradona achieved glory with Argentina.

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Beyond the headquarters of CDMX, Guadalajara and Monterrey, where the World Cup matches will be played, there will be more entities that will host different participating teams.

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Venues were chosen because they combine sports centers of Liga MX clubs, high-performance facilities and international-class hotels.

TRAINING CENTERS IN MEXICO FOR THE 2026 WORLD CUP

• Xoloitzcuintle Center, located in Tijuana, Baja California
• Cuauhtémoc Stadium, located in Puebla
• Territorio Santos Training Facilities, located in Torreón, Coahuila
• La Loma Querétaro Sports Center, located in Querétaro
• Rayados Training Center, located in Monterrey, Nuevo León
• Mayakoba Training Center Cancún, located in Cancún, Quintana Roo
• Riviera Maya Training Site Cancún, located in Cancún, Quintana Roo
• Atlas FC Academy, located in Guadalajara, Jalisco
• Chivas Verde Valle, located in Guadalajara, Jalisco
• CF Pachuca – Hidalgo Stadium, located in Pachuca, Hidalgo
• CF Pachuca – Universidad Del Futbol, ​​located in Pachuca, Hidalgo
• The New House of Soccer – Toluca, located in the State of Mexico
• High Performance Center (CAR), located in Mexico City