Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 240. (Read 57806 times)

I dislike with FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United because this edition have three co-hosts and cut off two national team slot participants left, no doubt with added participants from 32 become 48 national team and three co-hosts have 45 national team will get place for participating in FIFA World Cup 2026.

Still controversy with added participants team in FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United and have many matches later but most advantage with commercial is FIFA, they will earn much commission from broadcast and advertising with have many matches than usually still adopt 32 national team participants.

Maybe this is the start of a new era of multi-country-hosted world cups. Already we have 3 for the next one and there's talks about having 4 in the 2030 one in South America.

Given that so many teams will be able to qualify, it's not crazy to qualify immediately more than one host.

We'll have to see what happens.

I have no doubt, in the next World Cup we will have several tools and improved technology! Especially when it comes to an extremely significant and important event that is the World Cup.

Oh, I almost forget ... get ready guys, because I'm sure that several teams will be prepared for the next World Cup, and I have no doubt that some small and unknown teams will surprise many people!

I dislike with FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United because this edition have three co-hosts and cut off two national team slot participants left, no doubt with added participants from 32 become 48 national team and three co-hosts have 45 national team will get place for participating in FIFA World Cup 2026.

Still controversy with added participants team in FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United and have many matches later but most advantage with commercial is FIFA, they will earn much commission from broadcast and advertising with have many matches than usually still adopt 32 national team participants.

I dislike with FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United because this edition have three co-hosts and cut off two national team slot participants left, no doubt with added participants from 32 become 48 national team and three co-hosts have 45 national team will get place for participating in FIFA World Cup 2026.

Still controversy with added participants team in FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United and have many matches later but most advantage with commercial is FIFA, they will earn much commission from broadcast and advertising with have many matches than usually still adopt 32 national team participants.

FIFA cannot deny any host country the automatic qualification rights regardless of their number because they are sacrificing many things as hosts. But World Cup host rights should be restricted to just one nation. Many nations co-hosting the competition reduces the chances of others getting slots. Only countries that can comfortably host the tournament should be given the opportunity to grab the hosting right. Countries that wish to co-host shouldn't be more than two to enable others compete for qualification. The financial and infrastructural development of every nation bidding for the slot should be considered to avoid this co-hosting issues.

Both teams who will auto qualify this time are much stronger than Qatar was as they were the weakest team of the whole tournament during this last World Cup that they hosted.It is a completely different things now,as we saw USA and Mexico to do relatively well in this last tournament,while Canada did not show a great performance compared to other big teams but they surely had improved themselves a lot from the last time I saw them in an international competition like the World Cup is.

So most likely they would have all qualified again even if they were not the hosts as we saw that they did just that in this last World Cup.

As we saw in the previous world cup, the host got qualified for the tournament without playing any games or having any advantage over the other teams, just like we saw in the previous world cup. All I want to say is that the rule should be changed because if we have four teams qualified for the world cup who don't deserve it, there could be other teams that are stronger and they deserve a place in the world cup just as the host did.

There’s no cause to worry in this kinda of situation. I think FIFA will look to expand the of the host continent by providing them more slots at the play offs. Although if we look at this four countries they have been the ones that usually qualifies in almost every edition. So having other countries to go through qualification with is exception of one is likely to be more biased than offering them slot.

I don't agree with your argument. Out of the 4 countries mentioned here (Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay), only two managed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. And for the 2030 edition, the 4 slots will be reduced from the quota for CONMEBOL, which means that only two countries (including Brazil) will be able to qualify from CONMEBOL qualifiers. In my opinion, this is very unfair for the other teams such as Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Since Brazil is almost certain to qualify, there is going to be fierce competition for the sole remaining slot.

As we saw in the previous world cup, the host got qualified for the tournament without playing any games or having any advantage over the other teams, just like we saw in the previous world cup. All I want to say is that the rule should be changed because if we have four teams qualified for the world cup who don't deserve it, there could be other teams that are stronger and they deserve a place in the world cup just as the host did.

@Sithara007 this was actually a very interesting question and I asked it myself, but a quick google search gave this:

"World Cup: USA, Canada & Mexico will auto-qualify for 2026"

It seems that there have been some discussion about it, but when you give it some deeper consideration any other solution would have been unfair. It has been the rule for so long that the hosting nation is auto-qualified. Now even if it is three countries hosting this World Cup, I 100% agree with the decision to allow all of them to auto-qualify. It is an event that no hosting nation wants to miss and all hosting nations are so eagerly looking forward to.

Imagine what would happen if one of the countries failed in the qualification? I would say that that would be a very sad event and it would also suppress the overall mood among the fans in that country. You want the home fans and the whole hosting nation to be as deeply involved in the tournament as possible. All of that is in support of the enthusiasm and empathy among the guests and the people from the hosting nation.

So yes, all of them are auto-qualified.

There are going to be 48 teams in fifa 2026 and 3 teams will be from host countries Canada, Mexico,  USA  that's OK I guess and these teams will perform how they performed in last fifa so that's fair I guess and no one will be treated unfairly.

I never said anything against Qatar auto-qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. It is just one team, and I guess they deserve a slot after spending close to $300 billion for the world cup. But in 2026, the tournament will be hosted by a total of 3 countries. Giving automatic slots to all the three countries will reduce the chances of others in the CONCACAF Confederation. And similarly, 4 for the 2030 World Cup sounds absurd for me. It will reduce the chances of other teams to almost zero. IMO, there should be a playoff between the four teams, and only two among them should automatically qualify.

Absolutely.

There's no way a country that is hosting the world cup won't participate in it. They are putting a lot of money into the tournament so of course they're going to be there.

That was the only way Qatar was able to play at the World Cup actually.

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@Sithara007 this was actually a very interesting question and I asked it myself, but a quick google search gave this:

"World Cup: USA, Canada & Mexico will auto-qualify for 2026"

It seems that there have been some discussion about it, but when you give it some deeper consideration any other solution would have been unfair. It has been the rule for so long that the hosting nation is auto-qualified. Now even if it is three countries hosting this World Cup, I 100% agree with the decision to allow all of them to auto-qualify. It is an event that no hosting nation wants to miss and all hosting nations are so eagerly looking forward to.

Imagine what would happen if one of the countries failed in the qualification? I would say that that would be a very sad event and it would also suppress the overall mood among the fans in that country. You want the home fans and the whole hosting nation to be as deeply involved in the tournament as possible. All of that is in support of the enthusiasm and empathy among the guests and the people from the hosting nation.

So yes, all of them are auto-qualified.

If 4 countries are co-hosting the tournament, does all of them get automatic qualification? For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, all the three hosts (United States, Canada and Mexico) have been granted automatic entry, which has been criticized by a lot of people. But this will be even more tricky. If they grant automatic entry for a total of 4 teams, then it will reduce the importance of qualifying tournament. IMO, only one host should be given this right, and others should earn their place through participating in the qualifying tournament.

I think "space" is also another problem as well. In my nation almost everywhere, kids play football, because they have the space for it, even if they can't find a ball to play, they will make a ball out of anything they could find and they play nevertheless, because they have that wide space to run around, which helps them fall in love with the game from a young age.

On the other hand, Japan is one of the most crowded nations in the world, I assume there could be some free space away from the crowded places, but how are you going to get Japanese kids in Tokyo to fall in love with football when they can't even play it on the streets easily? That is the main issue if you ask me.

In my opinion, the host countries should automatically be qualified, without any exceptions, even if there are 4 host countries.
Just an observation, FIFA is reluctant to make the world cup with 4 countries, I don't know if this can be the tie-breaking factor for a possible choice.

If there is a World Cup in a country and this country does not participate, you can imagine that there will not be so much appeal to the inhabitants of that country, disfiguring one of the main purposes of the competition which is to promote soccer in these places. Other things like sponsorship, support and interest would suffer greatly.
So at this point I support automatic qualification yes, after all the country in question has a huge job to do to host a cup, and deserves the spot.

Despite being 4 countries, they are very close to each other in South America, making transportation and logistics much easier, unlike in 2026 where there are 3 countries of continental proportions.

You must also remember that automatic slots are counted and subtracted from the traditional slots of each federation.
In the next World Cup, CONCACAF will have 3 direct and one contested spot.

About this:
I think that the ones who suffer the most from this issue are the qualified teams themselves, since they will not participate in a championship worth qualifying at a high level.
The only thing left to do is to play friendly matches, against weaker teams in general, and this can harm the 4-year project that the teams are doing.