<Li> / Marco Villiger </Li> <P> With no rival bid having emerged since April 2017 the CONCACAF member federations of Canada, Mexico and the United States sent a joint request to FIFA to hasten the bid process . Canada, Mexico and the United States wanted FIFA to award the bid outside the traditional bidding process at the June 2018 FIFA Congress in Moscow if the CONCACAF - bid meets FIFA requirements . </P> <P> However the FIFA Council proposed on 8 May 2017 that FIFA shall establish a bidding procedure inviting initially only the member associations of CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and the OFC - continental confederations whose members have not hosted the two previous World Cups - as candidates to submit to FIFA bids to host the final competition of the 2026 FIFA World Cup by 11 August 2017 . The 68th FIFA Congress will decide on the selection of the candidate host associations . </P> <P> On 11 May 2017, the 67th FIFA Congress voted on the FIFA Council proposal to the fast - track the 2026 FIFA World Cup bid process and set the following deadlines: </P>

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