{"id":158443,"date":"2025-10-14T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/10\/14\/carney-meets-with-fifa-president-in-ottawa-gets-ticket-to-1st-canadian-game\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:30:00","slug":"carney-meets-with-fifa-president-in-ottawa-gets-ticket-to-1st-canadian-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/10\/14\/carney-meets-with-fifa-president-in-ottawa-gets-ticket-to-1st-canadian-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney meets with FIFA president in Ottawa, gets ticket to 1st Canadian game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney received the first ticket to the first Canadian match for World Cup next year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carney met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Ottawa Tuesday (Oct. 14) where Infantino presented Carney with the first ticket to the Toronto game on June 12, 2026. The men&#39;s World Cup kicks off in Mexico City on June 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s the biggest sporting event ever, but it will be the biggest social event as well. And, of course, dear Prime Minister, I brought you a little souvenir,&quot; Infantino told Carney and he handed the prime minister an oversized match ticket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed embed-jwplayer\" id=\"file-9375277\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"embed-item\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blackpress.tv\/embed\/57223\/Mens_World_Cup_opening_match_is_June_11_2026_in_Mexico\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The prime minister said Canada is so excited and honoured to be co-hosting World Cup with the United States and Mexico, pointing to a soccer ball from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as &quot;a symbol of our friendship and unity &#8230; through sport.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If I may say, apart from his expert management of the world&#39;s greatest game, President Infantino has made it a priority in men&#39;s and women&#39;s football &ndash; soccer, as we say &ndash; to build friendship and unity through sports.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, Infantino&nbsp;said he and Carney, along with the federal secretary of state for sport&nbsp;Adam van Koeverden, discussed the status of preparations for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is a lot to do from now until June, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbynews.com\/sports\/vancouver-to-host-fifa-congress-weeks-ahead-of-2026-mens-world-cup-8012998\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA Congress in Vancouver on April 30, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The world will come to Vancouver. Delegates from 211 different countries &ndash; more than the (United Nations) &ndash; will unite, and this is a little bit of an appetizer, of course, to the World Cup.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Infantino said he agreed with Carney that he wants the whole country to feel this World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The whole of Canada, the whole of the country has to participate &#8230; has to feel being part of it, with fan zones everywhere, with celebrations everywhere, with schools being involved in programs.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The winner&#39;s trophy already came to Vancouver for a public viewing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbynews.com\/news\/hundreds-press-for-rare-glimpse-of-world-cup-trophy-at-vancouvers-italian-centre-8215047\" target=\"_blank\">drawing in hundreds to the Vancouver Italian Cultural Centre<\/a> on Aug. 26.<\/p>\n<p>For World Cup, Vancouver will play host to seven matches, with the first June 13, 2026. 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