The United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the 2026 World Cup after beating bid rival Morocco, FIFA has announced.
Morocco and a combined 'United Bid' between the United States, Canada, and Mexico are fighting for the right to stage the biggest World Cup ever held - with 48 teams playing 80 matches over 34 days.
After the controversial award of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments to Russia and Qatar respectively, Fifa has promised a "more open and transparent" vote this time.
Both bids made their final appeals to UEFA voters in Moscow on Tuesday, with Morocco and United receiving a vast show of support from their respective confederations.
Just to add to the complexity, there was a third option for all voters: neither Morocco or North America which would have started a new bidding process.
But North America came out on top and were confirmed as the hosts of the 2026 showpiece on the eve of this year's World Cup in Russia.
Votes
North America: 134
Morocco: 65
None of the above: 1
Abstain: 3
Muyacilo
176
Logistical nightmare ... FIFA have shot themselves in the foot for a third successive tournament! Border control and travel restrictions will be a nightmare for traveling fans...
building
129
If it hadn't been expanded to a 48 team World Cup I'd have liked to have seen Morocco host it but this is probably the right decision. Although I'm not particularly excited about having three countries host it in the first place, especially when two of them have hosted it more recently than a lot of other countries.
prakashcr7
106
It's better to choose one country over 3 countries. If one country organized then it will be better. And in 2026,i want world cup to be held in European soil.
eyebrower
83
Would've preferred Morocco for the more symbolic things i.e. football culture and the tournament vibe etc, however in almost every logistical sense United is the better choice
AbhijaiSingh
63
I'm not a fan of 3 country system. It should be one nation and thats that. We don't need this complexity and fixtures taking place in different regions.
loddery
41
Africa is always disadvantaged when it comes to hosting of big tournaments like the world cup, in 2010 it took Mandela to bring the world cup to Africa, now that Mandela is no more,Africa should forget about hosting the world cup, at least not in our generation ,shame on u fifa
viocdlmpuz
32
how are people from Canada and Mexico going to see game's in the USA since Trump called us a terrorist country, hahaha and we all know that the USA are going to steal all the good games because that's what they do best is steal what ever they want