World Cup 2026 Competing Teams Home Stadiums

World Cup 2026 Teams' Home Stadiums

Wembley Stadium. — London's Wembley Stadium

Many, though not all national football teams, have a commonly acknowledged home stadium. For example, England play most of their home games, though not 100%, at Wembley Stadium in London.

In the run up to Euro 2016 England played Turkey at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester and Australia at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. Before that the Three Lions faced Sweden at Elland Road in 1995, Belgium at the Stadium of Light again in 1999, famously Greece at Old Trafford in 2001, when David Beckham's free kick sent England to Korea and Japan, a 1-3 loss to Australia at Upton Park in 2003, and a 2-0 win over Wales back at Old Trafford in 2004. More recently England faced Switzerland at the King Power Stadium, Leicester in 2018 and suffered their worst defeat in 94 years, 0-4 against Hungary at Molineux in 2022, a game resonant of the historic 6-3 drubbing at Wembley in 1953 against the same opponents.

Molineux Stadium. — Molineux not a happy hunting ground for England

Croatia, who England will meet in Group L at FIFA World Cup 2026 play mostly at the Maksimir Stadium in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, though occasionally they also play in Split.

Host the USA, have no clearly defined home stadium and play matches in different parts of their huge country as do Brazil.

As a general rule of thumb, the smaller the nation, the fewer venues are available.

Find out more about World Cup 2026 competing teams' home stadiums.

National Team	Home Stadium; Capacity
Algeria	Nelson Mandela Stadium, Baraki, Algiers (40,784)
Argentina	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires (85,000)
Australia	Various; Stadium Australia (Accor Stadium), Sydney (83,000); Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney (42,000); Perth Stadium, Perth (60,000); Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne (30,000); Adelaide Oval, Adelaide ( 53,500)
Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna (50,865)
Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium ^[1] (Stade Roi Baudouin), Brussels (50,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica (15,000) and others
Brazil	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha ^[2] (Arena BRB Mané Garrincha), Brasilia (72,000)
Canada	BMO Field, Toronto (45,000 for 2026)
Cape Verde	Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia (15,000)
Colombia	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla (46,788)
Croatia	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (35,123)
Curaçao	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad (10,000)
Czechia	Stadion Letná, (epet Arena), Prague (18,900)
DR Congo	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa (80,000)
Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito (35,000)
Egypt	Misr Stadium, Cairo (93,000)
England	Wembley Stadium, London (90,000)
France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris (81,338)^[4]
Germany	Various - Olympiastadion, Berlin (74,475), Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund (81,000) & Allianz Arena, Munich (75,000)^[5]
Ghana	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra (40,000) & Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi (40,500)
Haiti	Stade Sylvio Cator ^[3], Port-au-Prince, (10,500)
Iran	Azadi Stadium, Tehran (approx. 78,000)
Ivory Coast	Alassane Ouattara Stadium aka Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé, Abidjan (60,000); Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan (33,000)
Japan	Saitama Stadium, Omiya, (62,000) ^[6]
Jordan	Amman International Stadium (17,600); and the King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman (13,265)
Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City (87,523)
Morocco	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat (68,700)
Netherlands	Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam (55,865)
New Zealand	Various: Sky Stadium (Westpac Stadium), Wellington, (34,500), FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton (25,800), Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland (25,000).
Norway	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (28,000)
Panama	Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, Panama City (23,000)
Paraguay	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (36,000)
Portugal	Not entirely fixed but Estádio da Luz, Lisbon (52,000) and Estádio do Dragão, Porto, (50,000)
Qatar	Various stadiums used for World Cup 2022: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (45,000), Khalifa International Stadium (40,000), Al Thumama Stadium, Doha (44,400), Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan (15,000).
Saudi Arabia	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah (62,345)
Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow (51,866)
Senegal	Diamniadio Olympic Stadium (Stade Abdoulaye Wade), Diamniadio (50,000)
South Africa	Various: Bafana Bafana use several of the 2010 World Cup stadiums including FNB Stadium (Soccer City), Johannesburg (94,734); Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban (55,500); Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (46,000); Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (43,500)
South Korea	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul (66,704)
Spain	Various stadiums throughout Spain: Santiago Bernabéu (85,000), Wanda Metropolitano, (70,692), Madrid, Camp Nou, Barcelona, (105,000); La Cartuja, Sevilla (70,000)
Sweden	Nationalarenan, aka Strawberry Arena (50,000), also home to AIK
Switzerland	Various: St. Jakob-Park, Basel (37,500); Stadion Wankdorf, Bern (32,000)
Tunisia	Hammadi Agrebi Stadium (aka Stade Olympique de Radès), Radè, Tunis (60,000)
Turkey	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul (70,000) & various other stadiums in the country ^[7]
Uruguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (60,235)
USA	Various including Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta (71,000); SoFi Stadium, LA (70,000), Lumen Field, Seattle (69,000)
Uzbekistan	Milliy Stadium aka Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent (34,000); Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent (35,000)

Notes

[1] Formerly Heysel Stadium which was rebuilt following the 1985 Heysel disaster

[2] Brazil does not really have one single permanent national stadium, but the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro is their most famous and often used venue for major matches. The Seleção rotate home games across various stadiums in Brazil to showcase the team nationwide, often using large grounds in cities like São Paulo.

[3] Due to domestic unrest, Haiti played their home qualifying matches in Curaçao. Indeed, their coach, Sebastien Migne, has yet to set foot in the country and the squad is entirely foreign-based.

[4] For qualifying matches for World Cup 2026, France played their games at PSG's Parc des Princes in Paris.

[5] Germany's qualifying games for World Cup 2026 took place at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne and the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim.

[6] During qualifying for World Cup 2026, Japan also played at Suita City Football Stadium in Suita, Osaka.

[7] Atatürk Olympic Stadium hosted the 2005 Champions League Final between Liverpool and AC Milan.