Eyewitness News: Mexico to bid for 2026 World Cup

Reuters | 21 September 2012

MEXICO CITY - Mexico will bid to host the 2026 World Cup, the country's football chief Justino Compean said on Thurday.

Mexico hosted the 1970 and 1986 World Cups and a successful bid for the 2026 finals would make the country the first to host the global showpiece event three times.

"Mexico was a great host in '70 and '86, so we are indeed going to fight. We want to have a World Cup again and there will be a strong competition with the United States," Mexican Football Federation president Compean told reporters.

"Mexico's football infrastructure keeps growing and that World Cup can be feasible for Mexico."

The 1950 World Cup hosts Brazil stage their second finals in 2014.

Russia won the 2018 bid, while Qatar will stage the 2022 finals.

"FIFA is always more demanding with all the structures that are needed. The great competitor for 2026 is the United States, which has great resources, great stadiums, triple the population we have and all that counts," Compean added.

The US held the finals for the first time in 1994.

Other countries to have held the finals twice are Italy, France and Germany.

Compean said Mexico's national team would still win the 2026 World Cup, even if the US were awarded hosting rights.

"Assuming the US gets the 2026 World Cup, we would still win because on a sporting level we wouldn't have to face each other in the qualifiers," he said.

"We're three hours from the border and we have millions of nationals living on the other side so we'd be playing as a home team."

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