Mexico City /
He Secretary of Foreign AffairsJuan Ramón de la Fuente, met with the Secretary of Tourism, Josefina Rodríguez, to talk about coordination that both organizations will have for tourism promotion prior to the celebration of the FIFA World Cup 2026which will take place in Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Through its official X account, formerly Twitter, the Foreign Ministry announced that, among the topics discussed, highlights the optimization of procedures what tourists will do to arrive in the country.
As announced by the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), In Mexico there will be a total of 13 games, four of them at the Akron Stadium, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, five at the Azteca Stadium, in Mexico City and four, at the BBVA Stadium in Nuevo León.
Soccer World Cup 2026
The soccer tournament, which brings together the best soccer teams throughout the world, will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026, and will be hosted by the three countries that make up the northern part of the American continent.
Although, since its inauguration in 1930, 32 teams have participated per edition, this time a new format will begin, which contemplates 48 teams competing to lift the long-awaited trophy.
The competitors will be divided into twelve groups of four, and the first two in each, along with the eight best third places, will qualify for the round of 32.
That is, the new scheme establishes that the teams that reach the final, to be played on Sunday, July 19, will have to have gone through eight games, one more than those played in previous editions.
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