US EditionGerman Men's National Team Selects WFU as Host Site for FIFA World Cup
The German Men's National Team will train at Wake Forest University and stay at The Graylyn Estate, preparing for matches across three host countries.
- The German Men's National Team named Winston-Salem as its 2026 World Cup base, training at Wake Forest University's W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium and lodging at The Graylyn Estate Hotel.
- Learning from past tournaments, the DFB treats base selection as vital, citing Campo Bahia and criticisms of 2018 and 2022 sites, while Julian Nagelsmann said vast U.S. distances made avoiding long travel key.
- Reserving all 85 rooms, the DFB confirmed in early December that Julian Nagelsmann, Rudi Völler, and Andreas Rettig inspected the Graylyn Estate — built almost 100 years ago — in Winston-Salem.
- Managing Director Andreas Rettig said `The conditions are ideal both in terms of sporting performance and infrastructure`, and DFB organisers noted onsite facilities ease logistics by reducing equipment needs from Germany.
- Germany travel to the United States on June 2, play a final friendly four days later, then open the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 14 in Houston; the tournament runs June 11–July 19 with the final in New Jersey on July 19.
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A video insight into the base camp of the German national team at the 2026 World Cup in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Wake Forest, Graylyn Estate set as U.S. base for Germany's World Cup team
The German World Cup men's team said it selected Wake Forest's Spry Stadium as its host training site "due to its thriving collegiate environment, state-of-the-art athletics facilities and reputation as one of the most beautiful campuses in the country."
The German selection will place their suitcases at Winston-Salem to compete.
Its base camp for the XXL World Cup is the German Football Association in the US state of North Carolina. A luxury hotel and the training places of a also sportingly important private university are to become the starting point of a successful tournament.
2026 World Cup: Germany to be based at North Carolina hotel
Germany will be making a hotel in Winston-Salem their base camp during next summer's World Cup. The choice of headquarters has been seen as key to the national team's success — or failure at previous World Cups.
Soccer-Germany pick North Carolina's Winston-Salem as World Cup base
BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Four-times world champions Germany will be based in North Carolina's Winston-Salem during next year's soccer World Cup, co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the United States, the team said on Friday. Read full story
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