FIFA: the host of the 2026 World Cup will be the first selected by the Congress in 2017

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"The Executive Committee decided that the bidding process to host the 2026 World Cup will kick off in 2015, with the appointment of the hosts planned for the FIFA Congress in May 2017," announced FIFA on 20/03/2015.

The Annual Congress will be take place in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in May 2017.

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