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Old Posted Jun 2, 2020, 10:34 PM
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Pros outweigh cons here, people:

- Improved infrastructure.
- Team automatically qualifies for World Cup especially if you are Canada, USA or Mexico
- Getting revenues in form of tickets sold, merchandise, selling TV rights, etc.
- Give other countries' national teams a chance to shine on the world stage. Like really where can you go wrong?
- Chance of home fans meeting global superstars face to face
- Increase awareness about the game in general public here in Canada especially.
- Tourism, as fans from 47 other countries visit here to watch WC.


- What’s more, it will be easier to advance to the knockout rounds with two teams in every three-team group advancing to the round of 32 (as opposed to two of four teams in each group advancing to a round of 16). And with more emphasis on the results of one game—in a sport where crazy bounces, fluke goals and bad officiating often decide games—it could also be easier for the U.S. or Mexico to advance deeper in the knockout rounds against easier teams than they faced before.



- If you’re a country that has never made it to the World Cup before—and there are plenty of nations in this group—your chances of qualifying just increased immensely. That is no small thing as the world’s game becomes increasingly global. In general, inclusion is a better thing than exclusion.



Despite having a bigger tournament, it won’t take any more days to complete. The 48-team World Cup in 2026 will last 32 days, just as many as the 32 days it will take with 32 teams at Russia 2018. The tournament winner will still play seven games, no more than is currently the case, so I don’t totally understand people saying that the new format will put more wear and tear on players. It won't really.
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Old Posted Jun 11, 2020, 2:20 PM
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With the WC being a 48 team WC in 2026, I think we will get 4 or 5 group stage matches per day on TV and games actually starting from:

7am
9am
12pm
3pm

Or

9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 1:55 AM
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It's happening

https://twitter.com/RobStoneONFOX/st...25401616936960

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8 @Concacaf nations to compete in the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup . The 3 host nations (USA, MEX, CAN) plus 5 more.
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 3:10 PM
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As per CONCACAF President Vic Montagliani that CONCACAF will have 8 teams playing in 2026...read it off of Forbes
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In unrelated news, yellow and red card infractions at the 2026 set a new per-match record.
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 4:08 PM
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Going to be some bad CONCACAF teams getting blown out twice in 2026. Can't say i'm going to line up to watch the Curacao-Germany match.
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 6:52 PM
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Five more? Hmm.

Jamaica, Trinidad, Costa Rica, and then two from Nicaragua/Guatemala/Honduras/Panama/El Salvador ?

That is a quite diluted level of teams. Honestly, I would think that if Canada had to qualify they would need 7 or 8 teams to be in it from CONCACAF.
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 10:00 PM
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I'm supposing the 3 hosts, along with Costa Rica (used to be a regional force, but fallen on harder times) and Jamaica (lots of up and coming talent) can be semi competitive and not embarrassing to the continent.

The rest are pretty bad, if needed to make up the remaining three. I'd favor something like Honduras, Panama and Curacao, I think these teams have the most remaining on-paper talent (the latter with all the Dutch dual nationals), but they'd still get humiliated by almost any qualified European/South American team.
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 10:05 PM
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With 48 teams, the caliber of gameplay was going to be diluted no matter where it came from, CONCACAF or another confederation.

It's as simple as that.

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I'm supposing the 3 hosts, along with Costa Rica (used to be a regional force, but fallen on harder times) and Jamaica (lots of up and coming talent) can be semi competitive and not embarrassing to the continent.
I wouldn't be too quick to think that Canada wont have a chance to embarrass itself in 2026. Mexico and USA are on another level, one which Canada isn't a part of.
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2020, 10:15 PM
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With 48 teams, the caliber of gameplay was going to be diluted no matter where it came from, CONCACAF or another confederation.

It's as simple as that.
I don't really think so. You could conceivably add three or four more teams from the other confederations and not really skip a beat. CONMEBOL, UEFA, CAF, and AFC all have competitive teams that fail to qualify for WC. CONCACAF is the only federation (aside from Oceania) which doesn't really have the depth to add teams without feeling the dilution. Eight is way too many for CONCACAF.

Example of teams that did not qualify for WC 2018:

UEFA: Holland, Italy, Czechia, Turkey
CONMEBOL: Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador
CAF: Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Algeria
AFC: Iraq, China, Uzbekistan

Panama, who qualified over the US, had the pleasure of losing to Belgium 0-3, England 1-6, and Tunisia 1-2 at WC 2018. Honduras scored a combined one goal in their six matches between the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

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I wouldn't be too quick to think that Canada wont have a chance to embarrass itself in 2026. Mexico and USA are on another level, one which Canada isn't a part of.
Canada can play the US and other equally-competitive teams tight. By 2026 Canada shouldn't be that awful - we just need to develop some central defenders. Knowing Canada they'll get stuck in a group with like France and Argentina or something.

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Old Posted Jul 29, 2020, 11:51 AM
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Canada being one of the hosts will be a seeded team in Pot 1 which means they will most likely avoid big teams in their group
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Quebec will not financially support Montreal's candidacy

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p...e-montreal.php

"According to a government source close to the matter who did not have the authorization to speak about it publicly, Quebec notified the mayoress of Montreal, Valérie Plante, of its decision. The Legault government justified its choice by affirming that the relaunch of major events, such as festivals, would occupy all of its attention after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The financial contribution that was expected from the provincial government represented 103.4 million, we learned. To this amount, which was higher than what had been estimated in 2018, could be added other costs between now and the submission of a final specifications in 2023."


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Important to remember that the Alberta government has yet to commit a cent to #yeg's bid for World Cup 2026. The bid has got to this point without provincial gov't support, but it likely can't survive without it.
https://twitter.com/stevensandor/sta...78668342890498
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Meh, just ask the Liberals... it's soon to be/an election year and its La Belle Province.
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2021, 10:00 PM
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Ig field here in Winnipeg can be expanded temporarily to 45 000 seats if they need a modern Canadian facility just saying
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Ig field here in Winnipeg can be expanded temporarily to 45 000 seats if they need a modern Canadian facility just saying
I don't think the facility is the issue, it's government support for the host cities. And there is zero chance that Pallister would be kicking in a dime for a World Cup bid even if FIFA wanted to host the entire event in Manitoba...
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2021, 10:57 PM
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So long term whats the future for the big O with no fifa renovation now
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So long term whats the future for the big O with no fifa renovation now
It sits and rots slowly, just like the past few decades?
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Old Posted Jan 28, 2021, 11:55 PM
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unless they make the big O an open air stadium again as the roof to replace is so bloody expensive and use the remaining fed and city funds to that were planned to fix up the interior of the stadium with new seats ect... and scoreboard
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