The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) informed that the match between Brazil and Bolivia, valid for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup qualifiers, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be held on September 8, at the Olympic Stadium do Pará – Journalist Edgar Proença (Mangueirão), in Belém, north of the country.
This will be the first game of the national team in the search for the classification. The last time the Brazilian men’s team played in the capital of Pará was in September 2011, for the Superclássico das Américas, when they beat Argentina 2-0.
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With the renovation, Mangueirão gained the status of an arena, with a capacity for 50,000 people, a lawn that follows FIFA specifications, a security system, new access ramps for fans, in addition to service infrastructure such as bars and restaurants, service points medical center and parking for 9,000 vehicles, among other changes.
The Mangueirão stadium was approved by Conmebol delegates, after an inspection of all the facilities at the site.
“The decisions taken by the current management are aimed solely at the best technical and logistical conditions for the Brazilian National Team. Throughout this round, we will look for issues that we consider to be priorities, such as the displacement of players, wear and tear on the team, shorter distances between the venues for matches, infrastructure that bring comfort and security to the entire delegation. Furthermore, a game will not be analyzed in isolation, but the best composition of the set of matches”, said the president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues.
