Tournament Structure

Groups &
Schedule

12 groups ยท 48 teams ยท 3 co-host nations ยท 16 host cities ยท 104 matches

June 11
Opening Match ยท 2026
June 11โ€“July 2
Group Stage
July 4โ€“14
Knockout Stage
July 19
Grand Final
16 HOST CITIES
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ New York USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Dallas USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Francisco USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Boston USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Seattle USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Houston USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Philadelphia USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kansas City USA
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Atlanta USA
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vancouver Canada
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Toronto Canada
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Monterrey Mexico
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico City Mexico
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Guadalajara Mexico
Group Stage
Group A
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
A
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico Co-Host ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
Group B
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
B
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada Co-Host ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
Group C
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
C
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti Debut ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland
Group D
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
D
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States Co-Host ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye
Group E
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
E
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao Debut ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador
Group F
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
F
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
Group G
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
G
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand
Group H
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
H
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde Debut ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay
Group I
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
I
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
Group J
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
J
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan Debut
Group K
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
K
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DR Congo ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
Group L
Top 2 + best 3rd qualify
L
๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama
Knockout Structure
Round of 32
1Avs 2C
1Cvs 2A
1Bvs 2D
1Dvs 2B
1Evs 2G
1Gvs 2E
1Fvs 2H
1Hvs 2F
1Ivs 2K
1Kvs 2I
1Jvs 2L
1Lvs 2J
Best 3rdvs Best 3rd
Best 3rdvs Best 3rd
Best 3rdvs Best 3rd
Best 3rdvs Best 3rd
Round of 16
R32 Winner 1vs R32 Winner 2
R32 Winner 3vs R32 Winner 4
R32 Winner 5vs R32 Winner 6
R32 Winner 7vs R32 Winner 8
Quarter-Finals
R16 Winner 1vs R16 Winner 2
R16 Winner 3vs R16 Winner 4
R16 Winner 5vs R16 Winner 6
R16 Winner 7vs R16 Winner 8
Semi / Final
Semi-Final 1QF1 Winner vs QF3 Winner
Semi-Final 2QF2 Winner vs QF4 Winner
๐Ÿ† GRAND FINALJuly 19, 2026
3rd Place MatchJuly 18, 2026
โ† All 48 Teams