PUBLISH VIDEO: 14681571 The 2026 World Cup will have the greatest distance between host cities in the tournament's history. The World Cup, which starts on June 11th, will be played for the first time in three different countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States. ✅ Follow g1's international news channel The most distant venues for this year's World Cup are Vancouver, in Canada, and Miami, in the United States. The two cities are approximately 4,500 kilometers apart as the crow flies. Manaus is actually closer to Miami than Vancouver. The large distances will directly impact the teams, who will need to travel long distances during the group stage. The Bosnia and Herzegovina team will travel the most in the group stage: more than 5,000 kilometers between the first three games. Brazil will cover around 1,760 kilometers in the first phase. The distance is greater than that of the French and Argentine teams, which will travel less than 800 kilometers. The Egyptian team will travel the least in the group stage: around 380 kilometers. Ranking FIFA World Cup Cup Muhammad Hamed/Reuters This time, the Cup will have games spread across 16 cities. The greatest distance between venues in the current edition surpasses the record recorded in the 1994 World Cup. At the time, the United States also hosted the tournament. Brazil appears twice among the tournaments with the greatest distances between venues: In 2014, Fortaleza and Porto Alegre were separated by around 3,200 thousand kilometers — a distance slightly greater than that between the capital of Rio Grande do Sul and Manaus. In 1950, the distance between Recife and Porto Alegre was almost 3,000 kilometers. The 2022 World Cup, in Qatar, was at the opposite extreme. The most distant tournament venues were less than 70 kilometers apart. 👉 g1 separated the 8 longest distances between host cities in the history of the World Cups. See below the countries and where the stadiums used in each edition are or were. 🥇 2026 World Cup Map shows the venues for the 2026 World Cup Lara Bernardino/Art g1 🥈 1994 World Cup The 1994 World Cup at distance Lara Bernardino/Art g1 🥉 2014 World Cup The distances of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Lara Bernardino/Art g1 4️⃣ 1950 World Cup The map of the 1950 World Cup in Brazil Lara Bernardino/Art g1 5️⃣ 2018 World Cup Map of the Russian Cup in 2018 Lara Bernardino/Art g1 6️⃣ 1962 World Cup Chile Cup, in 1962, had only four host cities Lara Bernardino/Art g1 7️⃣ 2002 World Cup Japan and South Korea Cup, in 2002, had stadiums spread across 20 cities Lara Bernardino/Art g1 8️⃣ 2010 World Cup In 2010, cities in the South African Cup had a maximum distance of 1,550 km Lara Bernardino/Art g1 VIDEOS: most watched on g1