Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I raro i nga ture FIFA mai i te 2016, kaore e taea te 2026 Cup i Uropi (UEFA) ranei i Ahia (AFC), ka waiho he tono a Awherika (CAF), he tono a Amerika ki te Raki (CONCACAF), he tono a Amerika ki te Tonga (CONMEBOL) he tono a Oceania (OFC) hei waahanga rereke. I te Poutu-te-rangi 2017, i whakapumautia e te perehitini o FIFA a Gianni Infantino ko "I whakakorea a Europe (UEFA) me Ahia (AFC) mai i te tono whai muri i te kowhiringa a Russia me Qatar
i te tau 2018 me te tau 2022".