Sihaiwang: on the afternoon of June 13, the 68th FIFA Council was held in Moscow. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, and will return to North America 32 years later. The joint bid of the United States, Mexico and Canada defeated Morocco in the vote. In addition, FIFA last year decided to expand its force to 48 at the 2026 World Cup.
With the success of the joint bid of the United States, Mexico and Canada, this will be the first time that the world cup has been jointly hosted by three countries since 2002. In the voting process, the United States of three countries in North America overwhelmingly defeated Morocco, a small country in North Africa, by 134 votes to 65.
This is the fourth time the world cup has landed in North America
The conference started at 9 a.m. local time in Moscow Convention and Exhibition Center, and more than 10 topics were carried out efficiently and smoothly. The last important issue in the afternoon is that delegates vote to determine the right to host the 2026 World Cup. The last time FIFA held a Congress to vote for the host country of the world cup dates back to 2010. At that time, FIFA under Blatter decided to hold the 2018 and 2022 World Cups together, with 24 FIFA Executive Members as the voting body.
Since then, the international community has greatly questioned the decision-making process of the right to host the two world cups, which directly led to the intervention of the United States, and contributed to the downfall of Blatter and the rise of FIFA's protracted "anti-corruption storm". To this end, FIFA president ivantino launched a major reform this year, expanding the voting power of the 2026 World Cup venue from the minority of the Executive Committee to all eligible member representatives.
After qualification, a total of 200 FIFA member units have the right to vote. Finally, 134 members voted for the joint office of the three countries in North America, including Zhang Jian, the representative of the Chinese Football Association; 65 members voted for Morocco to hold the meeting; only one abstention was obtained. In this way, the three countries in North America have won the right to host the 2026 world cup with no suspense. It will be the fourth time that the world cup has come to North America, while Morocco has failed to bid for the world cup for the fifth time in a row.
As the United States bid for the 2022 World Cup was defeated by Qatar, the American Football Association has been holding a strong desire to make a comeback. This time, they gathered two neighboring countries to bid together, showing their ambition from the very beginning. This successful bid also opened the way for three countries to host the world cup. Before that, only Japan and South Korea jointly hosted the world cup in 2002.