FIFA WORLD CUPS AND INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS
World Sports has worked on 8 FIFA tournaments since 2014, 5 editions of the Copa America since 1997 and Olympic football at Rio 2016.
2026 FIFA WORLD CUP
- Guadalajara: pitch operations and maintenance at Estadio Akron and the Verde Valle training center during the tournament. We built three new training fields at Verde Valle for Chivas.
- Mexico City: field support during the tournament at Estadio Azteca, the stadium we were brought in to rebuild to natural grass in 2019.
- Tijuana: training-site support at the Club Tijuana (Xolos) training facility.
- United States: a hybrid stitching system for Levi’s Stadium and Dennis Mowers for host-venue grounds teams.
SEE OUR 2026 CASES IN DETAIL
The work we delivered for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, stadium by stadium and field by field.
2022 FIFA WORLD CUP
Pitch construction at five stadiums, delivered by the World Sports Group team.
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2014 FIFA WORLD CUP
We built the pitches at 4 of the 12 stadiums and worked on 4 more. One of them was Neo Quimica Arena, where the tournament opened, with the first underground field-cooling system in Latin America.
COPA AMERICA
Copa America: field consulting and maintenance in Bolivia (1997), Paraguay (1999) and Colombia (2001); tournament fields in Brazil (2019) and at host stadiums in the United States (2024).
TOURNAMENT TIMELINE
- Copa America: Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia. Field consulting and maintenance
- FIFA World Cup, Brazil
- Olympic football, Rio 2016, Neo Quimica Arena
- FIFA U-17 World Cup, Brazil: 3 of 4 stadiums and 20 training centers
- Copa America, Brazil
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Costa Rica
- FIFA World Cup, Qatar
- FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, Dominican Republic
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Colombia
- Copa America, United States
- FIFA U-20 World Cup, Chile
- FIFA World Cup, Mexico and United States
- FIFA Women’s World Cup, Brazil (in preparation)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Which FIFA tournaments has World Sports worked on?
8 FIFA tournaments since 2014, including the FIFA World Cups of 2014 in Brazil, 2022 in Qatar (delivered by the World Sports Group team) and 2026 in Mexico and the United States, plus FIFA youth and women's tournaments in Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Chile. We are preparing for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil.
What did World Sports do for the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
In Guadalajara, pitch operations and maintenance at Estadio Akron and the Verde Valle training center, where we built three new training fields for Chivas. In Mexico City, field support at Estadio Azteca. In Tijuana, training-site support at the Club Tijuana facility. In the United States, a hybrid stitching system for Levi's Stadium and Dennis Mowers for host-venue grounds teams.
What was your role in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil?
We built the pitches at 4 of the 12 stadiums and worked on 4 more. One of them was Neo Quimica Arena, where the tournament opened, with the first underground field-cooling system in Latin America.
Have you worked on Copa America and the Olympics?
Yes. 5 Copa America editions since 1997: field consulting and maintenance in Bolivia, Paraguay and Colombia, and tournament fields in Brazil in 2019 and at host stadiums in the United States in 2024. We also worked on Olympic football at Rio 2016, at Neo Quimica Arena.
What does tournament experience mean for my field?
Tournament fields are built to fixed dates and tested before every match. The same crews, equipment and test methods work on every World Sports project, big or small.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOUR FIELD
Tournament fields are built to fixed dates and tested before every match. The same crews, equipment and test methods work on every World Sports project.
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