FIFA World Cup 2026 - Discussion Thread

[PES4eva]

FIFA stinking of corruption once again.

Edit: CONCACAF have joined UEFA to reject FIFA's plan to sell stakes to private investors.

 

[Ravager29586]

FIFA stinking of corruption once again.

Edit: CONCACAF have joined UEFA to reject FIFA's plan to sell stakes to private investors.

Good job, CONCACAF!!! 👏 👏 👏

Maybe, the other confederations (CAF, AFC, CONMEBOL) will finally regret this move after they apparently backed him, and if a new FIFA president is elected the next year (not Infantino, of course), I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of big changes. Bring back the 32-teams of World Cup, not 48 or even 64, have a World Cup be held in just one country (or maybe 2 like South Korea and Japan did in 2002), and bring back the Confederations Cup (a warm-up tournament for the World Cup) while reverting the Club World Cup back to its old format. And please scrap VAR, hydration breaks, and other shenanigans; they are ruining so much of beautiful game.

 

[Chris Davies]

if a new FIFA president is elected the next year (not Infantino, of course), I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of big changes. Bring back the 32-teams of World Cup, not 48 or even 64, have a World Cup be held in just one country (or maybe 2 like South Korea and Japan did in 2002), and bring back the Confederations Cup (a warm-up tournament for the World Cup) while reverting the Club World Cup back to its old format.

You think?! If he goes and doesn't pull some kind of bullshit, personally I think it'll be "meet the new boss, same as the old boss". The expanded World Cup means more money, and nobody boycotted it. So I think it's here to stay.

Also, I can't help but feel UEFA's boycott is largely strategic, and coming from a place of deflection - "everyone will forget we expanded the Champions League if we point the finger; we could be heroes".

But in this instance, maybe two wrongs will make a right, if it at least results in Infantino walking.

 

[bsmaff]

Infantino will leave shortly he will have to leave.
But the next person coming in will not change a thing.
48 team World Cup generated so much more money even if it did make the group stages incredibly boring and the World Cup pointless to watch for 3 weeks.
They will do 64 teams it is coming, as they need 2 teams from each group to go to the knockouts and have even more games and more money.

The World Club Cup is here to stay and will always be played in the US to generate the most money - Even though America doesn't care about 'soccer'.

One nation will never have the World Cup again which is a massive shame, as one country isn't difficult to get around.

But lets not forget:
UEFA are the same people who expanded the Champions League to have two more match days and an extra knock out round, so they can generate more money for the tournament.
Which again has taken away the jeopardy for the bigger teams, PSG have done bad in both leagues knowing they only need to win a 3/4 games to qualify for the knockouts.

No matter who FIFA brings in they will become corrupted by money and bribes.
There is zero reason why the Middle East and US host a World Cup except for money.
None of them like the sport - It should go back to the original way, Europe, South America then after that a random nation, Europe, SA and repeat.