US, Canada, Mexico will host World Cup 2026!

[Adesor Vafaseya]

the only positive is that the few african south american and european teams which are strong but dont make it will be in the tournament.

teams like chile, turkey, ghana, netherlands, italy, ukraine, etc etc

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

[KeonKish]

the only positive is that the few african south american and european teams which are strong but dont make it will be in the tournament.

teams like chile, turkey, ghana, netherlands, italy, ukraine, etc etc

[Sam van Dam]

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

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Here is the format 48 teams FIFA has planned:

Group stages are so non exciting:

There will be 16 groups of 3 teams.
The first two will qualify to first knock out stage of 1/32,
and then 1/16,
then quarterfinals, etc etc...

Adesorian observation:
1, more refs will be needed ---> expect to see more 3rd rated refs from Saudi etc...
2, grassrollers from Bahrain and slow motion leagues from Oman etc will easily qualify ---> quality of the games will come down.
3, WCs will not be hosted by single average sized countries ---> more than one automatic seeded teams (if fifa doesn't decide otherwise).
4, Iran will make it with a Vatani coach to 2nd round ---> Tarbiaat Badaani pundits, see Vatani coaches better than foreign!

Adesorian conclusion:
TV stations will get richer, quality of games will come down, less excitement, more bamboozling!

[sarbaz]

I don’t like the 48

They should stick with the current 32 team format.

[Bi-honar]

I'm really not feeling the love for this super-extended 48 team format either. As much as it's nice to have more teams represented at the WC the whole attraction to and excitement of the Group stage is the quality of the matches and the fact that only two teams make it out.

Don't get me wrong, I do like that TM's chances of making it out of the group stage have increased and we practically never have to worry about making the WC ever again. But is that really a good thing? The whole excitement was the nail-biting and the roller coaster ride.

I think the best way to have gone about this was to keep the tournament at 32 teams but also held a WCQ tournament with 32 teams one year ahead of the WC along with or in place of the Confederations Cup.

This way, the 16 best teams from the confederations would have qualified to the WC directly and the next 32 teams from all the confederations would fight for the remaining 16 spots in a tournament nearly as good as the WC itself.

This would have given these 32 teams some very quality matches and opponents in a competitive environment, something that they're not getting now and it would have improved their level of football. So, for example if Iran would not finish in the top 2 spots in Asia, it would be forced to play 2nd tier (but still very quality opponents) from the other confederations to qualify.

This would have been tremendous for the development of football, scouting, TV rights, merchandising, etc. and the 16 teams that would make the tournament would be indeed deserving of getting there because of their quality, rather than confederational quotas. It would have also helped pick the best referees for the final tournament and really just given people more chance to meet people from other countries.

[soniq]

A 48 team world cup is bonkers.

[KeonKish]

Brazil is much more dangerous than Mexico, if we are judging a decision by that factor.


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[AIrani]

Some good comments and so poor comments are posted.

The last time WC was hosted in the USA, its federation made over $50 million dollars alone. I remember it well playing the knock out stage against Brazil.

The idea of WC was to rotate the games among many continents and countries. Mexico and USA have hosted five times (3 plus 2).

I would have voted for Morocco. USA is good in bribing. Mexico will not be a safe country. Canada is not a football country. In my view, FIFA made a poor decision.

[darvish_gorgali]

Wow thats going to be a horrible wc.

exactly

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Wow thats going to be a horrible wc.

48 teams in 16 groups of 3. The first two will qualify to first knock out stage of 1/32, and then 1/16, then quarterfinals, etc etc... you need more refs also, expect to see Saudi refs etc as well...
terrible.

[hasan]

I'm sure iran will qualify. it's going to be 8 teams from Asia if i'm not mistaken

Wow thats going to be a horrible wc.

[darvish_gorgali]

Im only happy because im very familiar with both the US and Mexico, I hope Iran will be there It will be a dream to be at the world cup.

Mexico has some very nice and large stadiums, perfect for the WC, kinda bullshit that they only got 10 games, they are a real footballing nation, not the US.

but mexico has already hosted twice if im not mistaken?

I'm sure iran will qualify. it's going to be 8 teams from Asia if i'm not mistaken

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Well if we want to look at statistics, then here you go:

Global Peace Index 2018:
State of Global Peace

Morocco - High state of peace - 71st
USA - Medium state of peace - 121st

Morocco is exactly 50 spots higher (more peaceful country) than USA.

http://visionofhumanity.org/app/uplo...dex-2018-2.pdf

Thanks for info. Morocco is a safe country!
Any arguments trying to state the opposite is FOX news...

[cfc83]

See link below. Thats ISIS stats from each country. I like Moroccans and have friends from there but Speaking of facts.. They are 6th on the list. So you can't say these facts are completely baseless.
https://www.statista.com/chart/11613...returned-home/

Well if we want to look at statistics, then here you go:

Global Peace Index 2018:
State of Global Peace

Morocco - High state of peace - 71st
USA - Medium state of peace - 121st

Morocco is exactly 50 spots higher (more peaceful country) than USA.

http://visionofhumanity.org/app/uploads/2018/06/Global-Peace-Index-2018-2.pdf