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The International Federation of Football (FIFA) announced that the semi-final matches of the World Cup 2026 play-offs, which will be hosted by the Mexican cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara, will take place on March 26th.
The same source explained that the first semi-final match will bring together the Bolivian and Surinamese national teams on the field of Monterrey Stadium, while the second semi-final match will bring together New Caledonia and Jamaica at the Guadalajara Stadium, with the winners meeting on the 31st of the same month with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq, respectively, in the last stop of the competition for the remaining two qualifying tickets from this play-off.
These matches fall within the path of determining the final teams completing the list of participants in the 2026 World Cup, which will see the participation of 48 teams for the first time in history.
Monterrey and Guadalajara will be among the cities hosting the World Cup finals, which will be jointly organized by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, where the Guadalajara Stadium will host four group stage matches, while the Monterrey Stadium will host three matches from the same round and one match from the round of 32.
The group stage draw for the World Cup is expected to take place on December 5th in Washington, D.C., the American capital.
