FIFA decides host of 2026 World Cup today

World football governing body, FIFA will choose between Morocco and a joint North American bid to host the 2026 World Cup.

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.

The two hundred and eleven (211) Fifa member nations – minus Canada, Mexico, Morocco and the US – will each cast a vote at their annual meeting today (Wednesday).

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The members must pick between the United States-Canada-Mexico bid where all venues are ready, and a Moroccan bid that needs to build or renovate all 14 stadiums for a 48-team tournament.

Recall that Morocco has bidded four times, and four times the North Africans have been overlooked.

Meanwhile, Mexico has twice hosted the World Cup, in 1970 and 1986, while the United States hosted in 1994.

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