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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the 23rd and current FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament began on June 11, 2026, and will conclude on July 19. It is jointly hosted by 16 cities – 11 in the United States, 3 in Mexico, and 2 in Canada. The tournament is the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by three nations and the first to include 48 teams, an expansion from the previous 32-team format.

It is the first World Cup since 2002 to be hosted by multiple nations. With its past hosting of the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, Mexico became the first country to host or co-host the World Cup three times. The United States previously hosted the World Cup in 1994. By contrast, it is Canada's first time hosting or co-hosting the tournament. The event returned to its traditional June–July schedule after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was uniquely held in November and December.

As the host nations, Canada, Mexico, and the United States all automatically qualified. Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, and Uzbekistan all made their World Cup debuts. Argentina is the defending champion, having won its third World Cup in 2022. The tournament set the record for the highest attendance in World Cup history. On June 25, 2026, total attendance reached 3,605,357 spectators, surpassing the previous record of 3,587,538, which had been held for 32 years by the 1994 FIFA World Cup, also hosted in the United States.