NEW YORK – The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States has been selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup following the vote by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow on Wednesday morning. For the first time in history, FIFA’s Member Associations were given the opportunity to vote on the host for the FIFA World Cup, which saw the United Bid secure 134 of the 200 ballots cast to defeat the competing bid from Morocco.

Wednesday’s vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history, which will be expanded to a 48-team format.

“Hosting a FIFA World Cup is an extraordinary honor and privilege,” said Steven Reed, President of Canada Soccer and Co-Chair of the United Bid. “Canada, Mexico, and the United States are ready to welcome the world to North America and serve as stewards of the largest FIFA World Cup in history. Our vision is of a world of opportunity for our Candidate Host Cities and for the global football community.”