American, Canadian and Mexican 2026 World Cup host cities set to be announced

By Matias Grez, CNN

Updated 0719 GMT (1519 HKT) June 16, 2022

The host cities for the 2022 World Cup are set to be announced on Thursday.

(CNN)Cities that have applied to host matches at the 2026 men's World Cup, the first edition to feature 48 teams and the first to be staged in three countries, will find out on Thursday whether their bids have been successful.

In total, FIFA, world football's governing body, is reportedly expected to announce 16 host cities, with 10 in the United States and three each in Canada and Mexico.FIFA announced in April that Vancouver, Canada had made a successful late application to be considered a host city, leaving 22 candidates in total.These are the candidate cities across the three countries that are eagerly awaiting Thursday's decision: Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York/New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore/Washington D.C, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver.Qatar World Cup field is set after Costa Rica claim last berthThe announcement will begin at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.Read More«During the past months we have had open exchanges with the candidate host cities on a number of different topics,» Colin Smith, FIFA's Chief Tournaments & Events Officer, said in a statement last month. «We are very thankful and impressed by how dedicated and innovative they all are.»The host cities will be absolutely key to ensuring the successful delivery of the competition. We look forward to working with them to deliver what will undoubtedly be the largest FIFA World Cup in history."READ: Harry Kane reveals discussions on taking collective stand on human rights in QatarIt will