US, Canada, Mexico will host World Cup 2026!

[Sam van Dam]

if italy holland usa ghana chile etc were good then they would be in the world cup. 48 teams won't make the competition better. its like banging a fat chick.

I'm not gonna watch irans first 2 asian cup matches vs yemen and vietnam but you bet your ass i will watch them soorkah iraq without al-bin williams

[Keano]

It should be like this:

4.5 teams Asia
4.5 teams Africa
4.5 teams CONCACAF
1.5 teams Oceania
9.5 teams South America
23.5 teams Europe.

[Keano]

Once an amazing product ( WC) gets commercialized. then quality goes down , who the hell wants to see 48 teams in a supposed competition that only the BEST THE FINEST should enter!??!!!

I beg to differ on that notion. 48 teams means more quota for all continents, mainly Europe and South America, thus teams like Italy, Holland, Chile and many other good teams won't miss the world cup, hence a more competitive tournament, plus more games for us football fans to watch. Not to mention a much needed exposure and experience for those teams who almost never get a chance to play in World Cup, therefore a much higher audience and football popularity in many other countries and in general in the world. I like it!

[OzzyOscy]

Woah this is weird, FIFA actually used my idea of the playoff test tournament. WTF IS HAPPENING??!?!?!

I think I'm being watched. They're stealing my ideas!

all this expansion and the best continent Europe only gets 3 more spots

That's because they already had 8 places more than everyone else... now they just have 7(!)

[Dortmund]

The 48 team tournament and the auto-qualification of the three hosts are not certain yet, especially the latter where there is an idea floating around that only the US would autoqual due to hosting 60/80 of the games

[KC McElroy]

It should be like this:

4.5 teams Asia
4.5 teams Africa
4.5 teams CONCACAF
1.5 teams Oceania
9.5 teams South America
23.5 teams Europe.

[EKBATAN]

all this expansion and the best continent Europe only gets 3 more spots

[eerooni]

Once an amazing product ( WC) gets commercialized. then quality goes down , who the hell wants to see 48 teams in a supposed competition that only the BEST THE FINEST should enter!??!!!

[marouane]

And about Morocco’s bid.

I looked at their stadiums and claiming that they are better than Iran’s is a stretch. They are the same old and crappy style

They almost all looked bad like Iran’s older ones.



Building everything would have been super hard on the economy. Even a country like Brazil with a HUGE economy took a huge negative impact after the World Cup, and many Brazilians are pissed about it.

At least with this bid new stadiums won’t really need to be constructed. Mexico has great stadiums and I’d personally love to watch a game in the Azteca(Mexican azadi) or BBVA Monterrey another great stadium.

But members here need to be much more respectful of our Moroccan members.

Some of you guys are just saying ignorant things.


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this not true we have some stadiums very new like (marrakech, tanger, agadir,fes,...) so please do some recherche, we have already hosted international evenement like fifa word cup (teams), and also a lot of other thing,

[Bi-honar]

If you connect all the perimeter cities hosting the 2026 World Cup, the area of the territory inside is a mind-blowing 11.2 million square kilometers!

To put that in perspective, that's:

* 4.9 times the size of the territory covered by Russian host cities.

* 2.5 times the size of the territory covered by Brazilian host cities.

* 17.5 times the size of the territory covered by South African host cities.

That much travelling is just going to be insane. I just hope they have enough sense to put all the group matches in cities that are close together.

[Bessos]

Germany vs. Bhutan gonna be lit ***** match!

BHUTANS GOAAAAALLL

[milad_b]

And about Morocco’s bid.

I looked at their stadiums and claiming that they are better than Iran’s is a stretch. They are the same old and crappy style

They almost all looked bad like Iran’s older ones.

I think once they are nominated to host the world cup they will be given money to invest and build stadiums.

Bro the ticket price for traveling is definitely gonna repulse most of the football fans ! I think the travel tickets let alone will be around $3- $5k for europeans !

[KeonKish]

And about Morocco’s bid.

I looked at their stadiums and claiming that they are better than Iran’s is a stretch. They are the same old and crappy style

They almost all looked bad like Iran’s older ones.



Building everything would have been super hard on the economy. Even a country like Brazil with a HUGE economy took a huge negative impact after the World Cup, and many Brazilians are pissed about it.

At least with this bid new stadiums won’t really need to be constructed. Mexico has great stadiums and I’d personally love to watch a game in the Azteca(Mexican azadi) or BBVA Monterrey another great stadium.

But members here need to be much more respectful of our Moroccan members.

Some of you guys are just saying ignorant things.


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[Adesor Vafaseya]

I agree.
I don’t know why they wanted to expand it, I think it’s been great in its current format
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Money my friend, its all about money!
The biggest winners are Fifa, TV stations, and of course the host nation(s).

(in future we have to always refer to host nations)

[KeonKish]

But that takes away from excitement though when you see that big guys sometimes fail to qualify.
That aspects makes World Cup special!

I agree.

I don’t know why they wanted to expand it, I think it’s been great in its current format


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