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EXPLAINED! The NEW World Cup FORMAT for 2026…🏆
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Kaveh Solhekol explains the details and the reasons behind a new format for the World Cup that will be in place for 2026.
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@nikolatesla7983
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Best format: no qualifying, Round-Robin which each contestant meeting every other participant , home and away. At the end, after a country playing 420 matches (FIFA has 211 afilliate confederations) , you get a champion , Simple.
@Vict0r1984
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
It's criminal Europe isn't getting more than 16 berths! At least 18, if not 20, should go to Europe in this format, as Asia and North America do not have enough good teams for 8 or 9 spots! NA has 3-4 good sides, and Asia has about 6 of them – some of those are really good, like Japan, but anyone else from NA and Asia, like Uzbekistan, Trinidad or Vietnam, would get decimated 15-0 by the likes of France, whereas far more decent European and South American sides will still miss the tournament…
Happy for Africa though, and for Oceania finally getting one direct spot – good for them, as Africa especially really deserved more spots!
@raisakmal3894
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
make it 64.
48 is such a mess
@kurtx8827
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Why is it that Europe has more slots in the FIFA World Cup than any other continent?
@kunaldev1257
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Wats eight best third place ???? Based on wat
@francisashlin9844
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
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@AlexMackie-vf8qz
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
I have best format for 48 teams ….
8 groups of 6 .
2 Euro teams per group.
Top 3 of each group quality . 1st , 2nd , 3rd
All 2nd will cross play a 3rd for a knock out .
Winners will cross play a 1st qualifier to end up with a top 16.
Top 16 play off as normal.
Please comment what you think .
@surabaya5927
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
I am sure – so sure I'd like to put money on it – that it has nothing to do with more earnings from more games and tv money 😅😅😅
Evil minded people will make the argument that teams will play in the WC that couldn't qualify against some European and South American teams that will still not play.
@baze3SC
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Personally I only find football bearable at the most elite level. 48 teams means a lot of drab games just to weed out 1/3 of the participants. FIFA likes cash that's obvious but the 32-team format worked well.
@fakrulabdullah
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Let the New Format cooks, if not okay we protest for the next WC.
@zac3593
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
My love for football has all but died it used to be so great and now it’s just changing every week, why can’t we have normal people who are in touch with the average football fan making these decisions it’s disgusting It’s really depressing.
@renatasgaudinskas3112
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
personally, I'm not going to watch the group stage. I love football, but this amount of matches can make you sick
@nikesh9157
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Hlo
@VanceAnthem
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
What will be the determining factor that decides which 3rd place teams are "the best eight out of the twelve" that qualify to advance out of the Group Stage?
@captainfalconmain6576
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
And penaldo fans will still be crying during 2026
@Benjofresh
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
How are the "8 best 3rd place teams" determined?
@williammoore27
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
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@captainfalconmain6576
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Not a good thing when it’s gonna have 3rd places teams make the knockouts stages
@real_MacrocosM
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Lol. I love how hard they're selling this, pretending that people are actually pleased with this expansion. In reality, real football fans know that when you are letting nearly 1/4 of the world attend the World Cup, it completely dilutes the quality of football and the experience and achievement. None of us who attend these World cups, (i've now attended 4 in a row) support the expansion. If you want to make it to the final 32, you need to be good enough. Instead of just clapping when FIFA lower the bar.
@frankfei9130
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
This demotivates the top team to go for top of the group and more importantly cheapens the value of being the top 2 seeds of each group . My suggestion is that there top seed of each group automatically advances to the round of 16, and then 2 second best seeds play for 1 spot of the remaining 4 spots, so they play one extra game, and then the remaining 10 second seeds plus two top 3rd seeds (12 teams) play for the remaining 3 spots where each team has to play extra two games to get to the round of 16, this way only two top 3 seeds have a chance to play in the playoff rather than 8 which I think is too many.
@may_beeharuno2195
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Maybe India can qualify, haha
@Embargo88
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Disgraceful world cup boycott it
@Dingo689
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
I had a feeling this format change would happen. The main reason is that more games means more money.
@mediacenterman8583
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
2026 WC Group A's opening day's results:
Brazil 12 Belarus 0
Nigeria 6 Jamaica 1
@jackward121
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
There’s gonna be some absolute dross at the World Cup 😂😂😂
@hugonongbri8100
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
48 teams = more matches = bigger broadcast/streaming deals = MORE MONEY !!
It's really simple
@waynegatu7184
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Russia and China should not play the nxt world cup
@vucko3494
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Inb4 the 3 seed from Africa sends Brazil out in the Round of 32
@boozyxk7689
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
2026 world cup is a bad idea Traveling distance and the long distance between stadiums it's going to be hard for players and fans as well.
@Africa-china367trh
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
America is dangerous for humanity, who is hero can go to the US to watch the greatest event
@nanka337
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
Thirty-two teams has to be held as the ideal number of participants in a tournament. If 48 have to be included, then have an invitational prelude to open the world cup involving "Class B" qualifiers notionally representing nations 17 through 48. "Class A" qualifiers essentially receive a bye into the main tournament. Play those invitational prelude matches in two legs with aggregate score determining the winners. Those winners then advance to the main 32 nation tournament. Moving forward for future world cups, determine Class A and Class B qualifiers during prequalification.
@armylife2970
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
GHANA 🇬🇭 IS COMING HARDER 2026
@FozzQuaker
February 27, 2024 at 5:50 am
My idea for a 48 team tournament would be:
12×4 Groups
Group Winner goes through, with the 8 best runners up going into a Play-off for a place in the Round of 16 and so on from there…
It's adds up to about 92 games, and to win the thing outright, you'll need to get through 7 or 8 games depending where you finish in your group