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Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:38 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Wouldn't an expansion out to 64 (for symmetry, balance, matchup) make for a more difficult hosting scenario?
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:57 pm to Bulldogblitz
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Wouldn't an expansion out to 64 (for symmetry, balance, matchup) make for a more difficult hosting scenario?
The plots already lost on that.
The next World Cup is hosted in Spain, Portugal, Morocco... and Uruguay and Argentina.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 7:04 am to Broski
Poster said in one of the daily threads having third place teams make it has created a bit more meaning for some of these minnows in every match - they have a legit chance of advancing - and in my mind also means there is more to play for on the last group match day.
Yes it cuts both ways but there seems to have been a benefit thus far.
Yes it cuts both ways but there seems to have been a benefit thus far.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 7:38 am to castorinho
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So many uninteresting games.
I mean we all watch every 2v15 matchup in the tourney for the 20% chance that it ends up being close
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:40 am to Broski
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Spain, Portugal, Morocco... and Uruguay and Argentina.
Lotta pockets being lined.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 12:42 pm to BamaCoaster
If it is 48 teams it should be the best 8 group winners go straight through to the round of 16. The other 4 group winners and the 12 runners up have a play off round. Probably logistically difficult to organise but possible.
Third place teams advancing is the problem
Third place teams advancing is the problem
Posted on 6/16/26 at 12:48 pm to Mike Joyce
quote:So we’re rewarding the shite groups where winners coast to 9 points and punishing ones where draws happen between the main contenders? Nah
If it is 48 teams it should be the best 8 group winners go straight through to the round of 16. The other 4 group winners and the 12 runners up have a play off round.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:07 pm to BamaCoaster
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Lotta pockets being lined.
That never stops, ever.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:57 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
quote:A lot like college football expanded playoffs now.
many matches feel meaningless and far less compelling than when every point truly mattered.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:59 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
I agree, but I also disagree.
Under prior format, opening game loss and you were a dead team walking. Not impossible to advance, but a steep climb. Now, they still have everything to play for.
Under prior format, opening game loss and you were a dead team walking. Not impossible to advance, but a steep climb. Now, they still have everything to play for.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 11:32 am to udtiger
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Under prior format, opening game loss and you were a dead team walking. Not impossible to advance, but a steep climb. Now, they still have everything to play for.
Not really. In the six, 32-team format World Cups since 2002, 11 different teams lost their opening game and still advanced. If you play the powerhouse top 10 team in match 1, you often lose.
Some years, like 2022, 3 different teams have lost their opening match and still advanced. One of those teams went on to win the tournament—Argentina
There have been 20 teams advance with 4 points or less.
But I get what you’re saying, pressure is on if you lose the opening match, and you can’t lose again.
This post was edited on 6/17/26 at 11:34 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 4:45 pm to RockChalkTiger
I know Italy shouldn't have messed up in qualifying but how the hell did they not make it and some vacation destination made it
Posted on 6/17/26 at 4:46 pm to USAFTiger42
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I know Italy shouldn't have messed up in qualifying but how the hell did they not make it and some vacation destination made it
Couldn’t beat Bosnia in 120 minutes and lost on pens.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 5:07 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
It’ll fix itself as the Cup progresses.
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