Venues
Eleven cities hosted the tournament. Seeded teams are in bold.
| City | Stadium | Capacity | Matches | Teams hosted in the first round |
| Mexico City | Estadio Azteca | 114,600 | Opening match, Group B, R2, QF, SF, Final |
Mexico |
| Mexico City | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | 72,000 | Group A, R2 | Argentina, Bulgaria, South Korea |
| Guadalajara | Estadio Jalisco | 66,000 | Group D, R2, QF, SF | Brazil |
| Puebla | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | 46,000 | Group A, R2, QF, Third-place match |
Italy |
| San Nicolás de los Garza | Estadio Universitario | 44,000 | Group F, R2, QF | Poland |
| Querétaro | Estadio La Corregidora | 40,785 | Group E, R2 | West Germany |
| Monterrey | Estadio Tecnológico | 38,000 | Group F | England, Portugal*, Morocco* |
| León | Estadio Nou Camp | 35,000 | Group C, R2 | France |
| Nezahualcoyotl | Estadio Neza 86 | 35,000 | Group E | Uruguay, Denmark, Scotland |
| Irapuato | Estadio Sergio León Chávez | 32,000 | Group C | Soviet Union, Hungary, Canada |
| Zapopan, Jalisco | Estadio Tres de Marzo | 30,000 | Group D | Spain*, Northern Ireland, Algeria* |
| Toluca | Estadio Nemesio Díez | 30,000 | Group B | Belgium, Paraguay, Iraq |
- Morocco and Portugal played in Guadalajara while Spain and Algeria played in Monterrey.
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