FIFA Locks In All 48 Team Base Camps: 39 in the United States, 7 in Mexico, 2 in Canada, 25 Non-Host Cities On the Map
FIFA has finalised the Team Base Camp Training Sites for all 48 qualified nations at the 2026 World Cup. Thirty-nine teams base in the United States, seven in Mexico and two in Canada. Twenty-five communities outside the 16 Host Cities will welcome teams, with Kansas City alone hosting Algeria, Argentina, England and the Netherlands. The full team-by-team list confirmed by FIFA on May 25.
T he road to the 2026 World Cup just crossed another organisational milestone. FIFA has finalised the Team Base Camp (TBC) Training Sites for all 48 qualified nations. Thirty-nine teams will base out of the United States, seven out of Mexico and two out of Canada. Twenty-five communities outside the 16 Host Cities will welcome a national team, extending the tournament footprint well beyond the match venues.
What FIFA said
Heimo Schirgi, Chief Operating Officer of the FIFA World Cup 2026, framed the milestone in tradition and scale: "Team Base Camps are an integral part of the fabric of any FIFA World Cup. They are where teams put down roots, train and recuperate, and experience the day-to-day rhythms of the tournament. Finalising the list of Team Base Camp Training Sites for the FIFA World Cup 2026 is especially exciting because of its unprecedented scale, which gives us the welcome and wonderful opportunity to involve even more communities and fans in this groundbreaking tournament."
How the process worked
Selection began in 2024 with a foundational list of elite options offered to prospective qualifiers, refined through 2025. Once the Final Draw landed in Washington in early December 2025, the 42 then-qualified teams began submitting choices from over 60 options. Each team weighted location partly by the geographical zone of its group fixtures. Now the full 48-strong list is closed.
Seven in Mexico, two in Canada
Colombia, IR Iran, Korea Republic, Mexico, South Africa, Tunisia and Uruguay are the seven teams basing in Mexico. Canada and Panama are the two in Canada. Every other team bases in the United States. Iran, notably, moved from Tucson, Arizona to Tijuana, Mexico in a late switch after the FIFA-approved relocation we reported on May 23.
25 non-Host City communities welcomed in
Outside the 16 match-hosting cities, 25 communities now have a national team in residence: New Tecumseth in Canada; Cancún, Pachuca and Tijuana in Mexico; and Alexandria, Austin, Boca Raton, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Columbus, Goleta, Greenbrier, Greensboro, Irvine, Mesa, Nashville, Palm Beach Gardens, Portland, Renton, San Diego, Sandy, Santa Barbara, Spokane, Tampa and Winston-Salem in the United States. The list is a meaningful socioeconomic spread: smaller markets get the immediate visitor economy of a 26-man squad plus support staff, fans and media for the duration of the group stage and potentially beyond.
Where Kansas City sits
The most concentrated TBC cluster is Kansas City. Four teams base there: Algeria (University of Kansas), Argentina (Sporting KC Training Centre), England (Swope Soccer Village) and the Netherlands (KC Current Training Facility). That puts Messi's last World Cup squad, the Three Lions and the Oranje within driving distance of one another for the group stage.
New York / New Jersey concentration
Brazil (Columbia Park Training Facility), Haiti (Stockton University), Morocco (The Pingry School) and Senegal (Rutgers University) all base out of the New York / New Jersey area, lining up with the metropolitan area's status as a host city and final venue at New York New Jersey Stadium.
Full TBC list by team
Algeria: Kansas City (University of Kansas). Argentina: Kansas City (Sporting KC Training Centre). Australia: San Francisco Bay Area (Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility). Austria: Goleta (UC Santa Barbara - Harder Stadium). Belgium: Renton (Seattle Sounders FC Performance Centre and Clubhouse). Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sandy (RSL Stadium). Brazil: New York / New Jersey (Columbia Park Training Facility). Canada: Vancouver (National Soccer Development Centre). Cape Verde: Tampa (Waters Sportsplex). Colombia: Guadalajara (Academia Atlas FC). Côte d'Ivoire: Philadelphia (Philadelphia Union). Croatia: Alexandria (Episcopal High School). Curaçao: Boca Raton (Florida Atlantic University). Czechia: Dallas (Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium). DR Congo: Houston (Houston Training Centre). Ecuador: Columbus (Columbus Crew Performance Centre). Egypt: Spokane (Gonzaga University). England: Kansas City (Swope Soccer Village). France: Boston (Bentley University). Germany: Winston-Salem (Wake Forest University). Ghana: Boston (Bryant University). Haiti: New York / New Jersey (Stockton University). IR Iran: Tijuana (Centro Xoloitzcuintle). Iraq: Greenbrier County (The Greenbrier Sports Performance Centre). Japan: Nashville (Nashville SC). Jordan: Portland (University of Portland). Korea Republic: Guadalajara (Chivas Verde Valle). Mexico: Mexico City (Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR). Morocco: New York / New Jersey (The Pingry School). Netherlands: Kansas City (KC Current Training Facility). New Zealand: San Diego (University of San Diego - Torero Stadium). Norway: Greensboro (UNC Greensboro). Panama: New Tecumseth (Nottawasaga Training Site). Paraguay: San Francisco Bay Area (Spartan Soccer Complex). Portugal: Palm Beach Gardens (Gardens North County District Park). Qatar: Santa Barbara (Westmont College). Saudi Arabia: Austin (Austin FC Stadium). Scotland: Charlotte (Charlotte FC). Senegal: New York / New Jersey (Rutgers University). South Africa: Pachuca (CF Pachuca - Universidad del Futbol). Spain: Chattanooga (Baylor School). Sweden: Dallas (FC Dallas Stadium). Switzerland: San Diego (SDJA). Tunisia: Monterrey (Rayados Training Centre). Türkiye: Mesa (Arizona Athletic Grounds). United States: Irvine (Great Park Sports Complex). Uruguay: Cancún (Mayakoba Training Centre Cancun). Uzbekistan: Atlanta (Atlanta United Training Centre).
Why this matters
Beyond the immediate organisation, the TBC footprint is the most evenly distributed in modern World Cup history. The 25 non-Host City communities sit alongside the 16 Host Cities to spread the tournament's visitor economy, broadcast presence and atmosphere across all three host nations. For fans, the upshot is concrete: training open-day visits, friendly-match warm-ups, and the chance to see a national team up close in places that would never otherwise see one. Team pages on /teams/ are updated with each side's base.
Reporting: FIFA media release, May 25, 2026.