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Argentina and Spain to face off in 2026 'Finalissima' in Qatar

  • On March 27, 2026, the Local Organising Committee for Football Events announced Lusail Stadium, Qatar, will host the men’s Finalissima featuring Argentina national team, 2024 Copa America champions, and Spain national team, Euro 2024 winners.
  • The matchup follows the tournaments that determined each continental champion, pairing the Copa America 2024 winner with the Euro 2024 winner in the rare Finalissima competition staged only four times.
  • Yamal, 18, who has been compared to Messi, said last month, `He also knows I am a player and I respect him, so it's mutual respect.` as images of them resurfaced during Euro 2024.
  • As a warm‑up ahead of the World Cup, the match comes months before next summer's World Cup, with both Argentina and Spain named among the favourites for that tournament.
  • Beyond this match, Qatar's hosting of a 48‑team U‑17 World Cup with 104 matches highlights Lusail Stadium's ongoing global significance, while Argentina are the defending champions.
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Asunción. Campeonas from their respective continents in 2024, Argentina and Spain will see their faces on March 27 in Lusail, Qatar, in a Finalissima that will serve as an appetizer of the World Cup 2026 for two of the great favorites to the title.

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The national team will face the European team on March 27 in Lusail State, where it held the World Cup in 2022. All the details of the packages to go from Buenos Aires

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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By Cesar Lopez, CNN en Español The expected Finalissima between Spain, champion of Europe, and Argentina, champion of South America, already has confirmed date and venue. It will be played on March 27 at the Lusail stadium of Qatar, stage of the final of the World Cup 2022, where Argentina won world champion for the third time on December 18 of that year. The announcement was made on Thursday by Conmebol and UEFA, together with the Royal Spanish…

·Idaho Falls, United States
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Next March, the winners of major European and South American tournaments, the Spanish and Argentine football teams, will face off in Doha.

·Estonia
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The former World Cup host Qatar will host the finalissima between European Champion Spain and South America Champion Argentina next year! The fourth edition of the intercontinental prestige event will take place on 27 March (19 CET) at Lusail Stadium. This was announced by the European Football Union. In the competition organized jointly by UEFA and the South American umbrella association CONMEBOL, the two current continental champions will comp…

·Vienna, Austria
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KTVB broke the news in Boise, United States on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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