Looking ahead to World Cup 2026, the field expands to 48 teams from 32. A round of 32 is added to the knockout stage for a total of 104 matches.
Posted by
zork
Jun 28 '24, 06:43
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Group stage will have 12 groups of 4 requiring 72 matches across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Top 2 (24) of each group advance plus 8 of the 12 third place teams.
They will continue to have a third place match, while Euro does not have that. Don't know about that in the future but Euro 2028 (hosted by UK & Ireland) and 2032 (Turkey & Italy) are scheduled, at this time anyway, to stay with 24 teams.
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