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USA/Canada/Mexico 2026
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 Jefroc  Crete 13 Jun 18 3.10pm |
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Originally posted by Jefroc
I was a young teenager and remember too but it has to be said the most watched league in the world, the multinational EPL, is in England where all the infrastructure as well as the mass of football fans are - across Europe - where Euro 96 was a massive success on and off the pitch as can be said for the 2012 Olympics too. Far rather Morocco was hosting it in 2022 but it would have been refreshing and a real sign of a changing FIFA had it won for 2026. But it is same old same old!
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Stuk  Top half 13 Jun 18 3.18pm |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
They'll probably look at Scandinavia or Australia next There's seems to be very little desire for the Nordic or Scandinavian countries to host, they don't even want a Euros. While Australia would love it they should never host it, and certainly not in the European cycle anyway.
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twist  Miami, Florida 13 Jun 18 3.31pm |
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This will be awesome. A nice vacation to Mexico for a couple games, travel around the US watching a few more, might even head up to Canada.
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| Lyons550 Shirley 13 Jun 18 3.58pm |
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Its a f***ing joke tbh. Mexico have had it 3 times now since we last did...and the f***ing States twice!!
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| steven_t92 Orpington 13 Jun 18 4.02pm |
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Originally posted by Lyons550
Its a f***ing joke tbh. Mexico have had it 3 times now since we last did...and the f***ing States twice!! Europe and Asia aren't able to host it in 2026 so no it's not really a joke that we couldn't host this one. We will be bidding for 2030 against a joint bid of Argentina-Uruguay-Paraguay, already with the backing of a lot of countries.
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| YT Oxford 13 Jun 18 4.35pm |
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Also the format for 2026 will be ‘interesting’. Presumably the 48 countries taking part (48!!) will lessen the impact of 3 host nations getting automatic places. But I wonder if FIFA will do anything ‘silly’ such as in 2002, where the geography made it the first World Cup where two countries in the same group could meet again before the final - or for the pendants like me out there - before the final group in 1950. * 2002 was effectively one World Cup of 16 in Japan and one World Cup of 16 in South Korea, with the winners of each then meeting in the final. * There was the famous shirt-swapping embrace between Bobby Moore and Pele at the end of England v Brazil in 1970, when Pele said to Moore “see you again in the final, my friend”. Had it been 2002, he would have to have said “see you again in the semi”. Not quite as romantic!
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| YT Oxford 13 Jun 18 4.38pm |
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Originally posted by Lyons550
Its a f***ing joke tbh. Mexico have had it 3 times now since we last did...and the f***ing States twice!! I wish I’d thought of that...on page 1 of this thread! Edited by YT (13 Jun 2018 4.38pm)
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europalace  Europe 13 Jun 18 7.29pm |
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Mexico had to be included to make the bid credible. It's the only country of the 3 that has any football history/pedigree. Still, most of the games will be held in non-footbal historical venues, USA/Canada making it very bland IMO, probably giving it a miss, same for the current one in Russia but that's for other reasons.
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chateauferret  13 Jun 18 10.44pm |
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I would expect this world cup and the next one both to be fiaschi and after that they will have to tear everything up and start again. Even FIFA can only survive being a total shambles for a few decades at most. Edited by chateauferret (13 Jun 2018 10.45pm)
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| Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 13 Jun 18 10.49pm |
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If I am still around? I look forward to making a considerable amount of money a bit like this World Cup
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| twist Miami, Florida 13 Jun 18 10.51pm |
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They had said it would be 16 groups of 3 teams = 48 games. I would not like that as it would lessen the intensity of the group stage. I would prefer 12 groups of 4, top 2 from each plus 8 best 3rd's but thats way more than 80 games so not happening.
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| YT Oxford 14 Jun 18 7.24am |
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Originally posted by twist
They had said it would be 16 groups of 3 teams = 48 games. I would not like that as it would lessen the intensity of the group stage. I would prefer 12 groups of 4, top 2 from each plus 8 best 3rd's but thats way more than 80 games so not happening. Wouldn’t groups of 3 INCREASE the intensity of each group game, not reduce it?
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