The United States, Mexico and Canada won the right to host soccer’s 2026 World Cup in a vote of FIFA's member associations on Wednesday. The combined North American bid easily defeated a bid by Morocco, which was trying to become the second African nation to host the soccer tournament. The World Cup in 2026 will be the first in North America since the United States hosted in 1994.

Morocco North America Canada, Mexico and the United States Majority needed to win 65 votes 134 votes

How Different Regions Voted Europe Canada Central America and the Caribbean Asia U.S. Morocco Mexico Africa Oceania South America Europe Canada Central America and the Caribbean Asia U.S. Morocco Mexico Africa Oceania South America Canada U.S. Mexico Central America and the Caribbean South America Morocco Europe Africa Asia Oceania Canada U.S. Mexico Central America and the Caribbean South America Morocco Europe Africa Asia Oceania Countries are grouped by the region of their soccer confederation. The four countries involved in the bids, as well as three United States territories (Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) were required to abstain from the voting.

Bloc voting by the regional confederations was expected, and indeed many votes largely reflected the location of the bid countries. Nearly every federation in Africa voted for Morocco and all but one of the South American and Caribbean federations, Brazil, voted for the North American bid. The race was won in Europe and Asia, which both broke overwhelmingly for the North American bid.

The United bid had been the front-runner and was the one that FIFA, soccer’s governing body, had ranked higher in a report that noted, “The amount of new infrastructure required for the Morocco 2026 bid to become reality cannot be overstated.”

Wednesday’s vote to award the hosting rights to a World Cup was the first since 2010. That vote sent this year’s tournament to Russia and the 2022 event to Qatar, but also produced widespread accusations of bribery and vote trading and, eventually, a sprawling criminal investigation.