After the opening of the tournament with Mexico’s 2-0 victory over South Africa, the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues this Friday, June 12, with the debuts of the other two organizing countries: Canada and the United States.
At 1:00 p.m. in Guatemala, in Group B, Canada will face Bosnia and Herzegovina at BMO Field in Toronto.
The Canadian team, automatically classified as co-hosts, is playing in its third World Cup, after the 1986 and 2022 editions, in which it failed to make it past the group stage.
The match will mark its first World Cup appearance as a host. Bosnia and Herzegovina, for its part, faces its second participation in a World Cup after its debut in Brazil 2014, where it was eliminated in the group stage.
Later, at 7:00 p.m. in Guatemala, in Group D, the United States hosts Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
The American team is competing in its twelfth World Cup. His best historical performance was third place in the 1930 edition.
In recent decades it has maintained a constant presence in the tournament and has frequently reached the knockout stages.
Paraguay faces its tenth World Cup participation and will seek to start the tournament with a positive result.
Group B is completed by the teams from Qatar and Switzerland. Australia and Türkiye also compete in Group D.
The day will mark the debut of the three host countries in the tournament, after the presentation of Mexico in the opening match.
Canada and the United States will try to take advantage of their home status to score their first points in the competition.