If there’s one thing FIFA is good at, it’s putting on cringey television events that start late and surpass the allotted run time. Thursday’s announcement of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico was no different.
But at the end of the hour-long broadcast that included cameos from random celebrities and a musical performance, we found out which cities would be hosting the expanded World Cup in 2026.
With the field of 22 finalist cities narrowed down to the actual 16 hosts, the 2026 World Cup feels real now. The selections were broken down into three regions (West, Central and East), settling at a final list of:
