Las Vegas To Host FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw, Say Reports
Las Vegas also hosted the draw for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the last time the USA won the hosting rights to stage the quadrennial spectacle.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 draw is slated to be held on the 5th of December this year at Las Vegas in the United States of America, reports said on Tuesday.
Las Vegas also hosted the draw for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the last time the USA won the hosting rights to stage the quadrennial spectacle.
The expanded 48-team event, which will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will comprise 12 groups of four nations each.
The Sphere, a 17,500-seat venue which opened in 2023, was being discussed as the potential venue for the ceremony but the organisers revealed that it might not be the case.
Though Las Vegas was not a host city for any matches back in the 1994 World Cup, despite being the venue of the draw, and a similar situation looks likely this time out as well.
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Lionel Messi's Argentina will enter the tournament as defending champions following their third title in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup 2022 as the Albiceleste ended a near three-decade drought with the eight time Ballon d'Or winner leading from the front.
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