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Germany, Belgium and Croatia are among the teams that will play group matches in Canada at next summer's World Cup.
The full schedule for the expanded 48-team, 104-game tournament was announced Saturday in Washington.
Canada will play 13 games: seven in Vancouver and six in Toronto. Three of these games will be in the playoffs.
Toronto will host Ghana vs. Panama (June 17, Group L), Germany vs. Cote d'Ivoire (June 20, Group E), Panama vs. Croatia (June 23, Group L) and Senegal vs. the playoff winner of Iraq, Bolivia or Suriname (June 26, Group I).
Vancouver will play European playoff survivors Australia (June 13, Group D), while New Zealand will play Egypt and Belgium (June 21 and 26, Group G).
Canada chart
As one of the co-hosts, Canada's schedule was confirmed by Friday's draw.
On June 12 in Toronto, the Canadian men will host a team from the European playoffs, where No. 12 Italy will be one of four. They will then head west to Vancouver to face No. 51 Qatar on June 18 and No. 17 Switzerland on June 24.
Both games in Vancouver will be played at BC Place.
Signe Butler is joined by Canadian soccer player Dwayne De Rosario to give instant reactions to Canada's World Cup group! What does this draw mean for 2026? Did Canada receive a favorable group? Who poses the threats? Who should the fans care? DeRoe tells it all with passion, insight, and some bold predictions.
