Built on the experience of audiences and teams, the same music from the official World Cup album 2026, the new ritual applied its 360-degree interactive design, turning the entire stadium into a joint space between players and fans.
Whatever the seat is in any position, the audience can monitor the performances from its own point of view, with large-scale national flags and the categories placed on the field to increase the connection to the crowd.
Brazilian players sing the national anthem before the Battle of Mexico at the 2014 A World Cup table on the Castelao Field in Fortaleza on June 17, 2014. Image: Reuters
The players will go to the courtyard with the younger children of FIFA's teenage companion. Instead of moving in traditional television, they would enter the courtyard from the area closest to the tunnel through a private greeting portal. The ritual also supplements many visual elements such as large banners set at the central circle, the holding national flags and the FIFA brand recognition system on the courtyard.
The emphasis is that the entire player is on the playlist of the match, not only 11 major ice players, will be gathered around the banner in the midfield in the national election. FIFA thinks that this allows every member of the team to experience the proud and emotional moment of representing the nation at the largest football stage on the planet.
FIFA's new game ceremony simulcast in the 2026 World Cup debut between Mexico and South Africa. Images: FIFA
FIFA states that in the following rounds of the tournament, the prior ceremony may be added special effects such as the color smoke or fireworks. The youth companion and the player tunnel area will also integrate the promotional activities of business partners including adidas, Coca-Cola, There, Mengniu, Qatar Airways and Bristol.
This change followed the trials that FIFA applied at FIFA World Cup Club took place in the United States last year. The players were then introduced in the NBA basketball style, with the names of each of them being voiced as they came out of the tunnel.
While not applying the form of individual introductions at the 2026 World Cup, FIFA is expected to let players enter the courtyard with the small escorts, providing additional emphasis for the pre-ball ceremony.
The 2026 World Cup held in the US, Canada and Mexico, with an extended scale to 48 teams, the largest in the history of the tournament. Mexico will kick the opening game to South Africa at Azteca Field, Mexico City at 2 o'clock on June 12, Hanoi time.
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