Colombia Will Be the Only Team to Have Played in the United States, Mexico and Canada

The 2026 World Cup will have a special feature that will go down in tournament history: when the edition hosted by United States, Mexico and Canada comes to an end, only one team will be able to say it played in all three countries. That team will be Colombia, according to information released in the last few hours.

The milestone is possible because of the competition’s geographic split in the new 48-team format, an expansion that forces a closer look than ever at the tournament map. In this context, the venue details are no small matter for fans already beginning to plan trips, transfers and logistics around the World Cup schedule.

A tournament spread across three countries

• United States
• Mexico
• Canada

Under that setup, the only team that, by the end of the tournament, will have passed through all three territories will be Colombia. The news highlights how the venue distribution creates different routes depending on each team’s progress in the competition.

In addition, the information known in the last few hours confirms that BC Place de Vancouver is one of the two venues that Canada will have in the tournament. The Canadian stadium thus appears on the map of venues supporting the World Cup’s organization.

Venues, stadiums and planning for fans

With a World Cup spread across three countries, the focus is no longer only on the groups and the schedule, but also on where each match is played. For supporters, that means paying attention to:

• which city hosts each match;
• which country it is played in;
• and how each team’s route is shaped.

The tournament’s new scale is also fueling anticipation for the draw, the schedule and the final definition of the groups, three stages that will set the road map for the teams and for the fans who want to follow them closely.

The expansion to 48 teams and its impact on the schedule

The 2026 World Cup will be the first with 48 teams, a structural change that forces a reorganization of the schedule and the competition bracket. In that framework, every logistical detail carries more weight: from the number of matches to the distribution by venue, including travel between host cities.

The scale of the tournament also explains why FIFA and the organizers are working with such precision on the overall planning. For the public, that translates into coverage increasingly focused on useful information: where the match is being played, when the draw takes place, how the schedule is set up and what availability there will be for getting tickets.

Attention on FIFA and the final buildout of the tournament

With the World Cup getting closer, the expectation around FIFA is centered on confirmation of the championship’s final structure and on announcements tied to the organization. In a World Cup spread across United States, Mexico and Canada, every piece of news about venues and the schedule has an immediate impact on teams and fans.

That is why the news that Colombia will be the only team with matches in all three countries sums up something bigger: a World Cup designed on a continental scale, with unprecedented logistics and multiple variables to follow closely from now on.