Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 222. (Read 63173 times)

I went back to read the official rules. Things have changed!

In Korea-Japan 2002, there were 3 countries that qualified automatically: South Korea and Japan as hosts, and France as the current champion (they won France 1998).

In the past, when a country won the world cup, they qualified automatically for the next world cup, but that is no longer the case:


Brazil ended up winning the Korea-Japan 2002 tournament, but they didn't qualify directly for the 2006 world cup(they still qualified through the normal channel though).

Also, there used to be an extra qualifying slot for the host country. For example, Brazil hosted the 2014 World Cup, so they qualified directly.

So, for the 2014 World Cup CONMEBOL had 4.5 slots, but 6 countries qualified. Brazil as hosts, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile as directly qualified in the tournament, and Uruguay after the playoffs.

Until now, the hosting country used to get an extra slot, but for the next world cup this will change:


So, yeah, theoretically speaking, if they have the 4 countries in CONMEBOL hosting the 2030 world cup, they would only have 2 direct slots left (and an extra one for playoffs for a maximum total of 7 countries qualified). Although it would be a strange qualifier then, I'm sure they will change the rules again by that time, as they keep doing it.

That is not a fair argument. There are millions of football fans around the world, who want to watch the world cup matches in person rather than on television. And conducting the tournament in three countries instead of one complicates things for them. The last time world cup was co-hosted was in 2002, when the matches were staged in Japan and South Korea. Even then, the distance between venues were manageable. But that is not the case with USA and Canada. Boston to San Francisco is close to 5,000 km and even by air it will take 6-7 hours. And then there are visa requirements to travel in the US. Getting a US visa can be very difficult.

The advantage is that of the three countries that will host the World Cup in 2026, two of them already have experience in how to host a major event such as the World Cup, and the United States will be the host for the second time as well as Mexico, even for the U.S. they have the experience in terms of hosting another event that is not less big because it is followed by many countries that are the Olympics. The experience that these two countries have will make the organization well organized so that it is comfortable not only for the spectators who will be present in their country to watch the match but especially for the players who will attend and play because they need it to be able to focus and maximize in every performance.

Of the three countries that will be the organizers, I think only the national team of Mexico and the United States will be able to gain a lot at this big event later, so it is very likely for both of them to get to the quarter-finals, while Canada will be a little different fate and if they want to a good thing they must make their national team grow from now on so that they can compete more later, but I am pretty sure they as the host will get a little ease in the draw and the support of the public will give the opportunity to these three countries to compete with the other countries in favor.

Why do you have to visit 3 countries?, I think if you intend to watch the world cup matches live because your country's national team will play, just look at the group phase where your country will be based camp, after that if they can advance to the next round then the United States is the choice because this country has a larger portion of organizing matches than the other two countries, but if you don't have the funds for that then it's actually not a problem because matches will always be broadcast live and that's enough in my opinion because I will like that too.

What a load of BS?

If the joint bid from Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay wins the hosting rights for FIFA World Cup 2030, then a total of only 6 teams will participate in that tournament from the CONMEBOL region. Out of the 48 participants, 6 are supposed to come from this confederation. And if they win hosting rights, then 4 out of the 6 slots will be reserved for the hosts, while the non-hosting countries within CONMEBOL will participate in the qualifier tournament from which the remaining 2 slots will be decided. So let's be clear about it. A total of 6 teams will be from CONMEBOL, and not 10 as you are claiming.

very right - I agree to what is mentioned by you
the country should be rich and they should love soccer - I think Canada and americans are not much bigger fans than Arabs - for Arab scorr is their life line

IT will be surly very expensive to have visas and accomodation at three different countries
People would visit a place of two - most of the people will be middle class like me they won't be able to afford the 3 country stay

Like most people mentioned before, we need a combination of these two together. It has to be a football nation like England, and it has to be rich like Qatar, that would give them a great advantage. I mean surely England could also spend as much, but then they would have to cut it from something else, and that ain't ideal, or they would have to print and value would drop again and they do not want that.

All in all there is a situation to handle and they can't really handle it all. I personally hope that the best thing to do in this case is to let Fifa keep deciding it and see which one feels the best .You can't have it at the same nation over and over again anyway, which means there should be a few nations that gets better eventually with some chances to host it.

You are wrong, there are many other rich countries that can spend much more and invest for the next world cup even more than Qatar, the only positive thing about the Qatar world cup was the shinning stadiums and the money the spent on it, while in Qatar the visitors were not happy because the rules they had in their country and they didn't make any exceptions for the world cup.

Yes, the only reason why they are difficult to touch is because there is no authentic evidence that can be used to touch them even deeper. However, the name of a crime will gradually be revealed, as for example what happened recently which ended with the dismissal of the FIFA CEO. Something like this would definitely smell no matter how well they hid it. Because when their CEO did it, it would be very doubtful if the other members did not know about and feel the bribes they received.



True, Qatar prepared very well and they spent a lot of money to make the World Cup a success. In terms of finances there is no doubt for Qatar because they have a lot of budget. They are serious about being the host, even with the problems that occur which I think are very common things on a very big stage like the World Cup which is the biggest party of the world's footballers.

But one of the reasons why Qatar World Cup will go down in history is that Qatar has spent a lot of money to build the World Cup stadiums. The stadiums that look beautiful and eye-popping. But I don't think any other country can host such a big World Cup. But yes, it is expected that we will see some new arrangements.

There's no doubt that there are a lot more corrupt individuals inside the FIFA council, they are like elites on their own which makes them hard to touch if there are no concrete evidence that points towards them. We may have no solid proof about it but we can actually say that there are miracles happening behind the scenes but at one point, we cannot really blame them as there will be no miracles if countries that are so eager to host a World Cup will just take the process fairly without using their connections and money.

In fact, the way we're discussing the next World Cup right now, I think it's getting a little too much. Because it is very difficult to understand what the world will be like in the next World Cup and how inflation will be like. But I believe FIFA authorities will do something great for us.

in my country visa fee for america is approx $100 dollars and the currency rate is very high not everyone can afford going to the USA likewise visa fee for Canada is double the American visa fee. So I dont think most of the fans will be able to make to USA for world cup

that is not correct - people had a chance to travel to Qatar and they really cherished the moment of traveling to Qatar for fun and to explore the country
there are many thoughts behind the FIFA we are unable to identify it

obviously - the countries would have been working on this after the end of last world cup
the rich countries like Qatar have made the new infrastructure and then they have gifted all that infrastructure to the poor countries - isn't it interesting?

World Cup hosting is not a small job and before FIFA will choose a country to host the world they already hfirst-handhand knowledge of the capacity of the countries to meet up with FIFA standards in terms of stadiums,  training grounds and hotels etc, and many more is what consists in the consultation period before to the start of any world cup and regardless who spend the money to keep the thing up to date between the FIFA body or host countries it's also important to note the unilateral standard practice as covered in the final law.

We have 3 years before the next world cup,  but then plans are already on the way to put everything in place before the start of next year.

I honestly can't see any problem with logistics though, the Fifa world cup tournament is scheduled for 2026, we are still in 2023, which means, we still have over or about 3 years to go, that's an ample time there for the entire preparation of the tournament, if FIFA and the hosting body start making all the preparations from now, before 2026 arrives, I believe 95 percent of every thing relating to logistics should already be sorted.

Logistics can only become a very big problem is fifa and the hosting body wait till the last minute when the tournament is about to start to start putting things in the place they should be, but I see FIFA as a very professional body, they know the right things to be done, and at what time they should be done to avoid unnecessary delays and other hiccups.

So far away, but perhaps also close to the next World Cup. I have seen before that people think that it can become a problem from a logistical point of view and I agree with that. Then Qatar was an ideal environment. But it was a very special atmosphere in Qatar. We cannot say too much about the qualifications yet because it is difficult to estimate, the draws for the qualification groups have yet to be held. Let's first watch the European Championship in 2024, which will start in less than a year. America will be especially happy about this because it will then be placed directly. And Canada too, of course, because they would have had a very difficult time qualifying for the 2026 final tournament on their own.

I think we shouldn't close our eyes to that, that in every aspect there must be unscrupulous individuals who commit bribery and corruption, that's commonplace. And I agree that this dismissal is their way to clean their hands from rotten garbage. But we don't know how many people are still hanging around in FIFA.
Not only that, but when they always talk about keeping politics away from football it is also just a slogan, because I see that politics is still very thick, so this is a kind of slogan that has no effect whatsoever.

I think the three countries hosting the world cup can be a better experience for 2026 but since the main host for the world cup is in America and most of the world cup games are in America I guess because of the potential they have in America, we are going to have a better experience in 2026 world cup.