2026 World Cup: Fixtures, Results, and Group Tables - The Independent

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The biggest question in football is back: which team will lift the trophy at the 2026 World Cup?

Co-hosts Mexico, USA, and Canada are the top seeds in Groups A, B, and D respectively.

Scotland, Brazil, Morocco, and Haiti, along with England, Croatia, Ghana, and Panama, are also in the mix.

The top two sides in each group will qualify for the World Cup's first-ever round of 32, as will the eighth best third-place teams.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are likely to play on this stage for the last time in their glittering careers.

The World Cup began in Mexico City's Azteca Stadium, the site of Diego Maradona's most famous and infamous goals against England at the 1986 World Cup.

Mexico and Canada will host 13 games in each, and the United States will host 78.

From the quarter-finals onwards, the US will host all of the remaining matches, with the final in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium.

Who do you think will lift the trophy?

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