The XIII(13th) FIFA World Cup was scheduled to take place in Colombia, between May 31 and June 29, 1986, after being selected as the venue in 1974. However, in November 1982 Colombia declined due to the impossibility of complying with the requirements that FIFA demanded to celebrate the event, marking an unprecedented and unrepeated event in the history of the World Cups.
The FIFA Executive Committee, after a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden in May 20, 1983, decided to replace Colombia with Mexico, who became the first country to hold a World Cup twice, after 1970.