US EditionTwo European National Teams Will Train in North Texas at Designated FIFA World Cup Base Camps
Two UEFA playoff winners will use North Texas stadiums as official training bases during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, supporting teams qualifying through European playoff pathways.
- At a March 3 press conference, North Texas officials said the North Texas FWC Organizing Committee designated FC Dallas Stadium and Mansfield Stadium as FIFA Team Base Camp sites for UEFA playoff winners.
- Playoff matchups on March 26 will decide UEFA Playoff Path B teams Poland, Albania, Sweden, and Ukraine, while Mansfield Stadium will host the winner of Playoff Path D including Denmark, North Macedonia, Czechia, and Republic of Ireland.
- Both stadiums include multiple practice fields; Toyota Stadium offers 17 Bermuda grass fields, while Mansfield Stadium features four locker rooms and 7,000-plus seats operated by REV Entertainment and FC Dallas.
- Frisco plans a 39-day watch party covering 97 matches, while Mansfield leaders expect local businesses and infrastructure to benefit from North Texas’s $2.1 billion economic impact and 3.8 million visitors.
- Final assignments will be confirmed by FIFA after playoffs on March 26 and March 31, while officials coordinate security with the White House task force, DHS and 18 expert planning teams.
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FIFA World Cup 2026 just picked two new team base camp sites in North Texas
The North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee announced that FC Dallas Stadium and Mansfield Stadium have been officially designated as 2026 FIFA World Cup team base camp training sites.
It's official: North Texas lands two World Cup base camps
FIFA has selected Frisco and Mansfield as official base camp sites for the upcoming tournament, with each city set to host one national team during the event. The two teams assigned to North Texas will be determined by the European qualifying playoffs later this month.
North Texas will host World Cup base camps for 2 European teams. Fans just don't know which ones yet
Two North Texas base camps will be used by European teams during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the North Texas organizing committee announced Tuesday. Toyota Stadium and Mansfield Stadium will each house a team that qualifies in the European playoffs, Dallas Sports Commission Director Monica Paul said at a news conference. The announcement comes 100 days before the first match of the World Cup kicks off. Poland, which could qualify in the UEFA playof…
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