The FIFA awarded Quintana Roo two of the 13 training venues that Mexico will host for the 2026 World Cup, out of a total of 66 in the world; Find out what they are.
We are just over seven months away from the start of the 2026 World Cup and FIFA continues to give more details about the largest football event on the planet and recently announced the 66 camps that the 48 teams will be able to choose from to train and the Mexican Caribbean is a region that will benefit.
It must be remembered that the Secretary of Tourism of Quintana Roo carried out the process before the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) so that some hotels in Cancun and Riviera Maya were considered base camps in the 2026 World Cup.
Through a statementthe highest football body announced What are the authorized offices?which must meet a series of requirements that include privacy, comfort and good connectivity.
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What are the requirements for a 2026 World Cup training venue?
It must be remembered that the sports authority establishes that the base camps must be located at a distance no greater than 3:30 flight hours from the cities of Mexico, the United States and Canada, where the matches will be held.
In this sense, the cancun airport meets that requirement in relation to the Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, where 12 matches will take place; also for Houston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Kansas and Dallas.
What are the two training venues in Quintana Roo?
FIFA chose two hotels in the Mexican Caribbean that are located in Cancunand are part of the 13 camps in Aztec territory.
- El Moon Palace (Riviera Maya Training Site)
- Fairmont Mayoba (Mayakakoba Training Centre)
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What are the 13 base camps for the 2026 World Cup?
And cities in Mexico that will not host matches such as Querétaro, Puebla, Torreón and Toluca were also chosen, as was Tijuana.
These cities offer their stadiums and training fields, along with five-star hotels, as is the case of Pachuca, which offered the Hidalgo stadium and the Universidad del Futbol for training, as well as the Fiesta Inn and Camino Real hotels, in said city, for rest.
Or this is the case of the training venues in Cancun Quitnana Roo, whose camps are complete because they include both.
Cancun, Quintana Roo
- Riviera Maya Training Site
- Centre Centre Centre Centre
Tijuana, Baja California
Puebla, Puebla
Torreon, Coahuila
Querétaro, Querétaro
- La Loma Sports Center Querétaro
Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Academia Atlas FC
- Chivas Verde Valle
Pachuca, Hidalgo
- CF Pachuca – Soccer University
- CF Pachuca – Hidalgo Stadium
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Mexico City
- The New Home of Toluca Soccer
- High Performance Center (CAR)
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