Ecuador On Playing Mexico | Coach Beccacece and goalkeeper Valle Take Questions

Name: Ecuador On Playing Mexico | Coach Beccacece and goalkeeper Valle Take Questions
Uploaded: 2026-06-30T04:30:39-03:00
Duration: 28 min 5 s
Description: Watch the video of México 2 x 0 Equador. Championship: Copa do Mundo FIFA. Date: 30/06/2026. Category: Pre Match. Channel: FIFA. Duration: 28min.

Duration: 28min · Published on: 30/06/2026

México beat Equador 2-0 on 30/06/2026, in the Copa do Mundo FIFA.

Watch the video of México 2 x 0 Equador. Championship: Copa do Mundo FIFA. Date: 30/06/2026. Category: Pre Match. Channel: FIFA. Duration: 28min.

Copa do Mundo FIFA: Created in 1930, with the first edition in Uruguay, it is the biggest national-team competition in the world and the most watched tournament on the planet. Brazil are the only five-time champions, with titles in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, followed by Germany and Italy with four each. Held every four years, it grew from thirteen to 32 teams over time and expanded to 48 from the 2026 edition, hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

México: It played in the opening match of the first World Cup, in 1930 against France, and became the country that has hosted the tournament most often: in 1970, when Pelé's Brazil were crowned at the Estadio Azteca, in 1986, with Maradona, and in 2026, alongside the United States and Canada, when the Azteca staged the opening match for the third time. Its best finishes are the quarter-finals of 1970 and 1986, both at home; otherwise it suffered seven straight round-of-16 exits between 1994 and 2018, turning the "fifth game" into a national obsession. It dominates CONCACAF, with the most Gold Cup titles, won the 1999 Confederations Cup and took Olympic gold at London 2012, beating Brazil in the final. Antonio Carbajal, Hugo Sánchez and Rafael Márquez are among its greatest idols.

Equador: For decades it was a bit-part player in South America, until it turned the altitude of Quito, almost 2,850 metres above sea level, into a weapon in qualifying and reached its first World Cup in 2002 in South Korea and Japan. Since then it has been a regular: it reached the round of 16 in Germany in 2006, going out only to a David Beckham free kick for England, returned in 2014 and opened the 2022 World Cup by beating hosts Qatar with two goals from Enner Valencia, the country's all-time top scorer. In 2008 LDU Quito became the first Ecuadorian club to win the Copa Libertadores. Agustín Delgado, Manchester United captain Antonio Valencia and Moisés Caicedo are among the names who took Ecuadorian football into the European elite.

For the championship history, visit: Arquivo da Bola - Copa do Mundo FIFA (opens in a new tab)