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Quote from: rdluffy on April 21, 2023, 01:30:10 PM

Quote from: Leviathan.007 on April 21, 2023, 10:51:10 AM

Please link us to a source about the division of the 2026 world cup games if you are sure about it because if really three countries are hosting the world cup I was expecting to see all of them have the same chance for hosting the world cup 12 matches is nothing comparing to 80 hosting by the America.

I will post here what I know, because I have always followed this issue of the 2026 World Cup.

Before FIFA confirmed the new format of the 2026 World Cup with 48 teams, we had unofficial news, but it appeared in various media, that Mexico and Canada would host 10 matches each.

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After FIFA's decision to have 12 groups of 4 teams, we still don't have official confirmation of how the division will be done, since now there will be 104 matches in total.
If it continues like this, with 10 matches in Mexico and Canada, that leaves 84 matches in the United States, it is very unbalanced.

In my opinion, the United States will host many more matches than the other two countries, but the 84-10-10 split is not good.
Maybe 64 games in the US and 20 in the other countries would be better.
If we consider the 16 stadiums of the World Cup, where there will be 11 in the USA, 3 in Mexico and 2 in Canada, we can get a better idea of this division.
I believe it is impossible for them to put many matches in Mexico and Canada.

I guess the reason of they chose Canada and Mexico to just help America with hosting the world cup is more sports facilities they have in America while in Canada and Mexico compared to America there are fewer good quality stadiums and hotels to host the world cup, also the main host is just America and since we have more countries on the world cup this time, two other countries will just help America.

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Have link or source about new format on FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States? I want to read all detail because this time drastically difference than previous edition with participants still 32 national team. Upcoming FIFA World Cup have 48 national teams participants and based on I read each group will not filled by 4 national teams. Seems confused to understood about what the rule of FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States and how many days will needed for next World Cup after participant adding. Seems for final venue will held in United State and disappointed when becoming host more than two countries.

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Quote from: rdluffy on April 21, 2023, 01:30:10 PM

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After FIFA's decision to have 12 groups of 4 teams, we still don't have official confirmation of how the division will be done, since now there will be 104 matches in total.
If it continues like this, with 10 matches in Mexico and Canada, that leaves 84 matches in the United States, it is very unbalanced.

In my opinion, the United States will host many more matches than the other two countries, but the 84-10-10 split is not good.
Maybe 64 games in the US and 20 in the other countries would be better.
If we consider the 16 stadiums of the World Cup, where there will be 11 in the USA, 3 in Mexico and 2 in Canada, we can get a better idea of this division.
I believe it is impossible for them to put many matches in Mexico and Canada.

While the split is indeed very unbalanced, it is unlikely big changes will be made on the distribution of the games to each of the three countries, as FIFA itself probably likes this distribution as not only they can get more money this way but it can help promote soccer at the US and could help it to raise in popularity and allow soccer to finally be able to compete against the four major sport leagues on the US.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on April 21, 2023, 10:51:10 AM

Please link us to a source about the division of the 2026 world cup games if you are sure about it because if really three countries are hosting the world cup I was expecting to see all of them have the same chance for hosting the world cup 12 matches is nothing comparing to 80 hosting by the America.

I will post here what I know, because I have always followed this issue of the 2026 World Cup.

Before FIFA confirmed the new format of the 2026 World Cup with 48 teams, we had unofficial news, but it appeared in various media, that Mexico and Canada would host 10 matches each.

Source

After FIFA's decision to have 12 groups of 4 teams, we still don't have official confirmation of how the division will be done, since now there will be 104 matches in total.
If it continues like this, with 10 matches in Mexico and Canada, that leaves 84 matches in the United States, it is very unbalanced.

In my opinion, the United States will host many more matches than the other two countries, but the 84-10-10 split is not good.
Maybe 64 games in the US and 20 in the other countries would be better.
If we consider the 16 stadiums of the World Cup, where there will be 11 in the USA, 3 in Mexico and 2 in Canada, we can get a better idea of this division.
I believe it is impossible for them to put many matches in Mexico and Canada.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on April 21, 2023, 10:51:10 AM

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USA will have control, next will be Canada and atlast it will be Mexico. As in the previous post, somehow the involvement of three countries into the league needs to be appreciated. When a small country like Qatar can host, USA and the other two countries can host the World Cup independent. But the three countries agreed to co-host needs to be appreciated and for the same reason three countries are into the league. We can't be conclusive, because beyond our thoughts the officials will be thinking about this and they'd be having specific reasons for each and every activity connected with it.

Out of the total of 104 matches, as per my understanding a total of 80 will be hosted by the United States. I guess Mexico and Canada will be hosting 12 matches each. Not the ideal situation where each of the co-hosts getting an equal share of matches. Then numbers indicate that the United States are the real hosts, and Canada and Mexico are there just to make up the numbers. And it is not surprising at all. Both these nations don't have the necessary infrastructure to host such a large number of matches. They got the automatic qualification as a result of being the co-hosts and they should be happy about it.

Please link us to a source about the division of the 2026 world cup games if you are sure about it because if really three countries are hosting the world cup I was expecting to see all of them have the same chance for hosting the world cup 12 matches is nothing comparing to 80 hosting by the America.

The fact that three countries will be hosting the 2026 world cup is already verified, though USA is the main host, which simply means that more games will be played in the US, games played in Canada and Mexico will be lesser, though I personally have not studied the figures yet.
And concerning the division, 2026 is still very far away, I mean we still like 3 years from now, I don't know if the division for the 2026 world cup is out by now, but if it is, I would love to see it too, but again, I still consider it very early for such information to the out already.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 20, 2023, 09:27:05 PM

Quote from: Vaskiy on April 20, 2023, 07:23:46 PM

USA will have control, next will be Canada and atlast it will be Mexico. As in the previous post, somehow the involvement of three countries into the league needs to be appreciated. When a small country like Qatar can host, USA and the other two countries can host the World Cup independent. But the three countries agreed to co-host needs to be appreciated and for the same reason three countries are into the league. We can't be conclusive, because beyond our thoughts the officials will be thinking about this and they'd be having specific reasons for each and every activity connected with it.

Out of the total of 104 matches, as per my understanding a total of 80 will be hosted by the United States. I guess Mexico and Canada will be hosting 12 matches each. Not the ideal situation where each of the co-hosts getting an equal share of matches. Then numbers indicate that the United States are the real hosts, and Canada and Mexico are there just to make up the numbers. And it is not surprising at all. Both these nations don't have the necessary infrastructure to host such a large number of matches. They got the automatic qualification as a result of being the co-hosts and they should be happy about it.

Please link us to a source about the division of the 2026 world cup games if you are sure about it because if really three countries are hosting the world cup I was expecting to see all of them have the same chance for hosting the world cup 12 matches is nothing comparing to 80 hosting by the America.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 20, 2023, 09:27:05 PM

Out of the total of 104 matches, as per my understanding a total of 80 will be hosted by the United States. I guess Mexico and Canada will be hosting 12 matches each. Not the ideal situation where each of the co-hosts getting an equal share of matches. Then numbers indicate that the United States are the real hosts, and Canada and Mexico are there just to make up the numbers. And it is not surprising at all. Both these nations don't have the necessary infrastructure to host such a large number of matches. They got the automatic qualification as a result of being the co-hosts and they should be happy about it.

The US has more sporting facilities than the other and the country have already proposed eleven venues across the country. I was thinking that based on the landmass of Canada they would have more venues than Mexico but I was wrong because Mexico has proposed three venues and Canada is projecting two stadiums.

Quote from: alegotardo on April 20, 2023, 09:32:26 PM

I think this division is fair and I'm sure Mexico and Canada are also happy with it. I believe that if it weren't for the United States, the championship would hardly have been played in North America.

There is still no official calendar of games or which teams will play in each country, but I am sure that even hosting few games, Mexico and Canada will benefit a lot economically from this event.
I would love to be able to watch a game in person, but I will wait for the next event to be hosted again in Latin America.

For the time being, I'm already saving the necessary money to attend the under-20 cup to be held in Argentina.

I also think that the financial strength of the United States contributed to this arrangement. Mexico and Canada might not be willing to invest more money in the world cup like the US. No doubt the world cup will attract fans from all around the world to these host nations and it might have some economic benefits to these nations. The tourism and hospitality sector will enjoy global patronage.

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^^^ LOL.. this shogun dude got it all wrong. Check the article again, shogun47. It is from 2018. Back then it was the plan. FIFA wanted to have 16 groups of 3 teams each and the total number of matches was set at 80. But after Qatar 2022, FIFA changed the format for the 2026 World Cup and went back to 4-team per group setting. This was done in order to avoid strong teams from getting kicked out of the world cup, in case they have the misfortune of suffering one or two upset results. For a more updated news article, you can refer this one. This is from 2023, and not from 2018:

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2023/3/14/fifa-confirms-expanded-2026-world-cup-with-record-104-matches

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 20, 2023, 09:27:05 PM

Quote from: Vaskiy on April 20, 2023, 07:23:46 PM

USA will have control, next will be Canada and atlast it will be Mexico. As in the previous post, somehow the involvement of three countries into the league needs to be appreciated. When a small country like Qatar can host, USA and the other two countries can host the World Cup independent. But the three countries agreed to co-host needs to be appreciated and for the same reason three countries are into the league. We can't be conclusive, because beyond our thoughts the officials will be thinking about this and they'd be having specific reasons for each and every activity connected with it.

Out of the total of 104 matches, as per my understanding a total of 80 will be hosted by the United States. I guess Mexico and Canada will be hosting 12 matches each. Not the ideal situation where each of the co-hosts getting an equal share of matches. Then numbers indicate that the United States are the real hosts, and Canada and Mexico are there just to make up the numbers. And it is not surprising at all. Both these nations don't have the necessary infrastructure to host such a large number of matches. They got the automatic qualification as a result of being the co-hosts and they should be happy about it.

~~I was wondering where you got this info from and so I thought I dig a bit deeper and prepare some of the information.~~

~~It is actually 80 games in total with 48 teams and 16 groups with 3 teams each. I know that the Wikipedia article says something else, but that is wrong:~~

As was stated further down, some of the info I provided was wrong. The data on Wikipedia is correct and is put together as follows:

6 games per group (x12) = 72 games

Round of 32 = 16 games

Round of 16 = 8 games

Round of 8 = 4 games

Round of 4 = 2 games

Game for 3rd = 1 game

Final = 1 game

=> 104 games

What I also find interesting because it has already been discussed here is the following map.

I don't think it has been posted before as far as I know. Now we can check out the stadiums and see where everything takes place. It is quite all over the place! Cheesy

I am curious how they are going to sort out the groups and whether every team could be subject to mass traveling. But either way this is going to be a mega event!

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 20, 2023, 09:27:05 PM

Out of the total of 104 matches, as per my understanding a total of 80 will be hosted by the United States. I guess Mexico and Canada will be hosting 12 matches each. Not the ideal situation where each of the co-hosts getting an equal share of matches. Then numbers indicate that the United States are the real hosts, and Canada and Mexico are there just to make up the numbers. And it is not surprising at all. Both these nations don't have the necessary infrastructure to host such a large number of matches. They got the automatic qualification as a result of being the co-hosts and they should be happy about it.

I think this division is fair and I'm sure Mexico and Canada are also happy with it. I believe that if it weren't for the United States, the championship would hardly have been played in North America.

There is still no official calendar of games or which teams will play in each country, but I am sure that even hosting few games, Mexico and Canada will benefit a lot economically from this event.
I would love to be able to watch a game in person, but I will wait for the next event to be hosted again in Latin America.

For the time being, I'm already saving the necessary money to attend the under-20 cup to be held in Argentina.

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Quote from: Vaskiy on April 20, 2023, 07:23:46 PM

USA will have control, next will be Canada and atlast it will be Mexico. As in the previous post, somehow the involvement of three countries into the league needs to be appreciated. When a small country like Qatar can host, USA and the other two countries can host the World Cup independent. But the three countries agreed to co-host needs to be appreciated and for the same reason three countries are into the league. We can't be conclusive, because beyond our thoughts the officials will be thinking about this and they'd be having specific reasons for each and every activity connected with it.

Out of the total of 104 matches, as per my understanding a total of 80 will be hosted by the United States. I guess Mexico and Canada will be hosting 12 matches each. Not the ideal situation where each of the co-hosts getting an equal share of matches. Then numbers indicate that the United States are the real hosts, and Canada and Mexico are there just to make up the numbers. And it is not surprising at all. Both these nations don't have the necessary infrastructure to host such a large number of matches. They got the automatic qualification as a result of being the co-hosts and they should be happy about it.

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And Canada and Mexico will host a total of 20 games, right? Or are there any changes?

From what I know, Canada and Mexico will host 10 games each and the rest will be held in US soil. That is quite less because in this new format where 48 teams will play, there will be a total of 100+ games. I mean, it should be maximized because they also have a large stadium to host some of the games and it will be a big help to the host cities to boost their businesses.

As far as I know, this 10-match figure was decided earlier, when FIFA was thinking about a 3 team per group format. But then they changed the format to 4-team groups and therefore the total number of matches almost doubled to 104. So I guess both Canada and Mexico will get more matches to be staged within their borders. But I have a question here. If USA is hosting more than 70% of the matches, then why Canada and Mexico are being allotted automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup? They are not co-hosts. They are just subsidiary hosts.

Well, many things are evident here, the first is obvious that the USA has total control over things, I don't know whether to call it hegemony, or power, because it is always the same, the Country that has the most power in everything is the USA, and In this particular case, Canada follows and then finally Mexico, although I am in favor of something, there are 3 games, they must be held equally in the 3 countries and the country that is the Opening should not be where the final is held, but in Given the state of things, I don't know how the games are managed, and which country is most likely to host the most games.

USA will have control, next will be Canada and atlast it will be Mexico. As in the previous post, somehow the involvement of three countries into the league needs to be appreciated. When a small country like Qatar can host, USA and the other two countries can host the World Cup independent. But the three countries agreed to co-host needs to be appreciated and for the same reason three countries are into the league. We can't be conclusive, because beyond our thoughts the officials will be thinking about this and they'd be having specific reasons for each and every activity connected with it.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 03, 2023, 10:34:29 PM

Quote from: Japinat on April 03, 2023, 02:27:30 PM

And Canada and Mexico will host a total of 20 games, right? Or are there any changes?

From what I know, Canada and Mexico will host 10 games each and the rest will be held in US soil. That is quite less because in this new format where 48 teams will play, there will be a total of 100+ games. I mean, it should be maximized because they also have a large stadium to host some of the games and it will be a big help to the host cities to boost their businesses.

As far as I know, this 10-match figure was decided earlier, when FIFA was thinking about a 3 team per group format. But then they changed the format to 4-team groups and therefore the total number of matches almost doubled to 104. So I guess both Canada and Mexico will get more matches to be staged within their borders. But I have a question here. If USA is hosting more than 70% of the matches, then why Canada and Mexico are being allotted automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup? They are not co-hosts. They are just subsidiary hosts.

Well, many things are evident here, the first is obvious that the USA has total control over things, I don't know whether to call it hegemony, or power, because it is always the same, the Country that has the most power in everything is the USA, and In this particular case, Canada follows and then finally Mexico, although I am in favor of something, there are 3 games, they must be held equally in the 3 countries and the country that is the Opening should not be where the final is held, but in Given the state of things, I don't know how the games are managed, and which country is most likely to host the most games.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 19, 2023, 11:33:17 PM

I thought I would briefly talk about the state of FIFA finances. Qatar 2022 was not well received by the fans, but it was immensely profitable for FIFA. At the end of 2022, they reported that they had $3.97 billion in reserves, and the revenues for the 2022-25 cycle was estimated at $7.6 billion (the vast majority of it coming from Qatar 2022). For the next cycle (2026-29), the FIFA revenues are projected to rise to $11 billion (with most of it coming from the FIFA world cup of 2026). This includes broadcast revenue of $4.26 billion and marketing revenue of $2.7 billion. During Qatar 2022, ticket sales alone accounted for $929 million.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/fifa-reserves-at-4-billion-after-world-cup-more-to-come-in-2026/article66511381.ece

I would guess that considering it was one of the all time most watched finals and the greatest finals I have ever seen in my life, I would say that sounds about right. Plus remember that there are TV rights as well, obviously Qatar would be profitable because there are still so many people watching from tv, plus consider inflation as well where price of everything went up, I sense that it will get more and more profitable each time it happens.

Inflation wasn't such a problem back in the day, one from the other would be close enough, but nowadays it is bigger, and considering the difference in inflation between 2018 to 2022, I could say that it was between bigger prices and also more viewers on tv, all combine for an amazing profit for them.

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I thought I would briefly talk about the state of FIFA finances. Qatar 2022 was not well received by the fans, but it was immensely profitable for FIFA. At the end of 2022, they reported that they had $3.97 billion in reserves, and the revenues for the 2022-25 cycle was estimated at $7.6 billion (the vast majority of it coming from Qatar 2022). For the next cycle (2026-29), the FIFA revenues are projected to rise to $11 billion (with most of it coming from the FIFA world cup of 2026). This includes broadcast revenue of $4.26 billion and marketing revenue of $2.7 billion. During Qatar 2022, ticket sales alone accounted for $929 million.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/fifa-reserves-at-4-billion-after-world-cup-more-to-come-in-2026/article66511381.ece

For any country that host the world cup they will have many benefits and that's not just financial benefits they will get, sometimes the fan who comes to other countries for watching the world cup games will use the restaurants and they will buy food or they can use the hotel which can have many benefits and it can even provide more demand for their business.

Yes, it's a win-win for all who took part of the FIFA World Cup even if they are directly or indirectly part of the event as the viewers, players, even the organizers will certainly order good food from the restaurants, food stalls and kiosk near them. And then there's the hotel/AparTelles which will accommodate all the people who will watch and participate the long event.
Regarding with the forecasted revenue in the 2026-2029 cycle, that is really achievable knowing that 3 countries will host the said event and a lot of people will flock towards the country as this time, a free country will host the games.

I believe you meant to say that three countries will host the game..

Anyways, it is normal for me with my believe that an event as big as the fifa world cup will sure positively impact the economy of any country hosting the game, this is not debatable as I believe everyone would agree.
Hosting an event as big as the fifa worldcup simply means that alot of tourist will be flocking into that country, and as they are coming, they are coming with their money, they will have to change their local currency to the currency of the country they are going into, this could cause the currency of the country hosting the tournament to begin to rise against the dollar due to demand, if it is dollar, then, dollar will begin to rise against other currencies being exchanged for dollars, this can impact the economy of the country in many positive ways.

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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on April 20, 2023, 10:08:55 AM

Quote from: Sithara007 on April 19, 2023, 11:33:17 PM

I thought I would briefly talk about the state of FIFA finances. Qatar 2022 was not well received by the fans, but it was immensely profitable for FIFA. At the end of 2022, they reported that they had $3.97 billion in reserves, and the revenues for the 2022-25 cycle was estimated at $7.6 billion (the vast majority of it coming from Qatar 2022). For the next cycle (2026-29), the FIFA revenues are projected to rise to $11 billion (with most of it coming from the FIFA world cup of 2026). This includes broadcast revenue of $4.26 billion and marketing revenue of $2.7 billion. During Qatar 2022, ticket sales alone accounted for $929 million.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/fifa-reserves-at-4-billion-after-world-cup-more-to-come-in-2026/article66511381.ece

For any country that host the world cup they will have many benefits and that's not just financial benefits they will get, sometimes the fan who comes to other countries for watching the world cup games will use the restaurants and they will buy food or they can use the hotel which can have many benefits and it can even provide more demand for their business.

Yes, it's a win-win for all who took part of the FIFA World Cup even if they are directly or indirectly part of the event as the viewers, players, even the organizers will certainly order good food from the restaurants, food stalls and kiosk near them. And then there's the hotel/AparTelles which will accommodate all the people who will watch and participate the long event.
Regarding with the forecasted revenue in the 2026-2029 cycle, that is really achievable knowing that 3 countries will host the said event and a lot of people will flock towards the country as this time, a free country will host the games.

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Portugal have many young talented player but they not brave give them chance get regular position and prefer keep hold on with Cristiano Ronaldo
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That is definitely not true. You are claiming that Ronaldo is the reason why these players are not getting chances. It is the other way around. During Qatar 2022, the Portuguese coach (Fernando Santos) humiliated Ronaldo by not including him in the starting XI. The younger players performed well during the first match (against Switzerland, which they won by a massive margin of 6-1). But the tactic failed against Morocco during the Quarter-finals, and they lost the match 1-0. The younger players first need to perform consistently, before they talk about replacing Ronaldo.

That's true but you may not believe it, since there are many old players like Ronaldo playing for their national team there is less chance for younger players to have a chance. However, currently, Ronaldo can't show any good performance, and even yesterday in his Abarian team the fans were unhappy, the reason why we usually talk about Ronaldo and other old players is just because of their reputation they have not their performance anymore.

Obviously experience comes with age how can you expect younger players to come at level of Ronaldo, he is the king and he'll ever be because of his experience age and game .
No one can replace him for a long time in football world but yes many good footballers came into light during fifa world cup and In next world cup they'll be polished more and they'll show more good performances.

I wouldn't really use such big words like mentioning the fact that no one can replace Ronaldo. We thought the same about some other football greats in the past like Eusebio, Di Stefano, Puckas, Pele, Maradona, Ronaldinho, Brazil's Ronaldo and nowadays Ronaldo and Messi.
Every football era has its football greats and can we really say that Ronaldo was a better football player than Eusebio, Pela or Maradona?
I don't think we need to worry about football, in every age new football greats appear and the old ones fall into oblivion.

Well said. What comes to my mind here is the Spanish national team from 2008, 2010 and 2012. They won the European Championship twice and the World Cup once. They didn't have a Ronaldo, or a Messi, or a Maradona, or a Zidane... But isn't necessary to have these out of this world stars to win something big. If the whole team functions very well and the different parts fit together perfectly, you can have lots of success. For Portugal it isn't about replacing Ronaldo and actually I think they have more or less replaced him already. He will still score his goals when he plays, that is no surprise. But teams can play outstanding soccer.

I agree that these huge players like Messi are often more fun to watch and they have these amazing moments and dribblings and I will definitely miss that from Messi. But even Argentina will have their chances once Messi isn't playing anymore.

I would agree with one other thing though. If we take a player at his absolute best, outstanding maximum two or three years, I think that a player like Messi is irreplaceable. But I also think that that counts for a couple of other players as well which don't immediately come to mind.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 19, 2023, 11:33:17 PM

I thought I would briefly talk about the state of FIFA finances. Qatar 2022 was not well received by the fans, but it was immensely profitable for FIFA. At the end of 2022, they reported that they had $3.97 billion in reserves, and the revenues for the 2022-25 cycle was estimated at $7.6 billion (the vast majority of it coming from Qatar 2022). For the next cycle (2026-29), the FIFA revenues are projected to rise to $11 billion (with most of it coming from the FIFA world cup of 2026). This includes broadcast revenue of $4.26 billion and marketing revenue of $2.7 billion. During Qatar 2022, ticket sales alone accounted for $929 million.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/fifa-reserves-at-4-billion-after-world-cup-more-to-come-in-2026/article66511381.ece

For any country that host the world cup they will have many benefits and that's not just financial benefits they will get, sometimes the fan who comes to other countries for watching the world cup games will use the restaurants and they will buy food or they can use the hotel which can have many benefits and it can even provide more demand for their business.

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That is definitely not true. You are claiming that Ronaldo is the reason why these players are not getting chances. It is the other way around. During Qatar 2022, the Portuguese coach (Fernando Santos) humiliated Ronaldo by not including him in the starting XI. The younger players performed well during the first match (against Switzerland, which they won by a massive margin of 6-1). But the tactic failed against Morocco during the Quarter-finals, and they lost the match 1-0. The younger players first need to perform consistently, before they talk about replacing Ronaldo.

That's true but you may not believe it, since there are many old players like Ronaldo playing for their national team there is less chance for younger players to have a chance. However, currently, Ronaldo can't show any good performance, and even yesterday in his Abarian team the fans were unhappy, the reason why we usually talk about Ronaldo and other old players is just because of their reputation they have not their performance anymore.

World cup is not the place to show talent by young kids, it is time to put the best players in and if a player is old and still plays better than any other alternative then they will be called up. I think Ronaldo and Messi could be exceptions in that regard, they can be terrible and still called because they are loved like gods in their own nations, and not like they are terrible so far neither, maybe can become terrible by the time this world cup starts though.

At the end of the day, we are going to see older players if they are still better. I rather have a 37 year old Modric instead of some 20 year old who won't be of any help, what sense would it make to get that player, it is not a place to improve your reputation.

Not sure if I agree here.
We can come to a common point that age shouldn't bee the only factor considered when it comes to selecting players for a team.

but it also happens sometimes that young kids can surprise everyone and turn out to be the best players on the field. 99% of it is about talent, hard work, consistency and a little beat of being in the right place at the right moment
Of course not all the times, it happens that experience beats youth too

At the end of the day the final goal for any trainer should be to put the best players on the field, regardless of age or reputation.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on April 19, 2023, 11:33:17 PM

I thought I would briefly talk about the state of FIFA finances. Qatar 2022 was not well received by the fans, but it was immensely profitable for FIFA. At the end of 2022, they reported that they had $3.97 billion in reserves, and the revenues for the 2022-25 cycle was estimated at $7.6 billion (the vast majority of it coming from Qatar 2022). For the next cycle (2026-29), the FIFA revenues are projected to rise to $11 billion (with most of it coming from the FIFA world cup of 2026). This includes broadcast revenue of $4.26 billion and marketing revenue of $2.7 billion. During Qatar 2022, ticket sales alone accounted for $929 million.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/fifa-reserves-at-4-billion-after-world-cup-more-to-come-in-2026/article66511381.ece

I think that during the World Cup there was nothing that made FIFA lose money, that's why they are trying to increase their income by adding World Cup participants so that the number of matches will increase and will give more spectators to come to the stadium to watch these matches, all controversies will be appears in every World Cup but the profit for FIFA will not be reduced.
Interesting to know what world sports organization can pass or at least match what FIFA got in terms of money?
The article you included is quite interesting because it turns out that the number of matches in the 2026 World Cup is still under review from 80 possibilities to 108, but is this just old news?

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