Asia road to 2026 world cup. Very exciting format

[oracle]

Who the 18 teams which will be qualify
final round
3 group of 6

[Kavian]

World Cup 2026 will be a joke!!! FIFA just wants to make more money by getting more countries involved.

[oracle]

Here is my 18 teams

Japan
Iran
Korea
Australia
Ksa
Qatar.
...
Iraq
Uae
Oman
Uzbekistan
China
Jordan
...
Bahrain
Vietnam
Syria
Lebnon
Tajikistan
Thailand

Group of death for iran is

Iran
Australia
Oman
Uzbekistan
Bahrain
Tajikistan

Easy group would be

Iran
Qatar
Uae
China
Syria
Thailand

[peiman92]

Here is my 18 teams

Japan
Iran
Korea
Australia
Ksa
Qatar.
...
Iraq
Uae
Oman
Uzbekistan
China
Jordan
...
Bahrain
Vietnam
Syria
Lebnon
Tajikistan
Thailand

Group of death for iran is

Iran
Australia
Oman
Uzbekistan
Bahrain
Tajikistan

Easy group would be

Iran
Qatar
Uae
China
Syria
Thailand

Hope you like this group:

Iran
Saudi
Oman
Jordan
Bahrain
Syria

[GoIran]

What's the point of big teams playing Asian minnows like Pakistan, Yemen, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Guam etc? The top 8 ranked teams should enter from the final round and AFC should organize a mini tournament for the 8 teams.

[oracle]

What's the point of big teams playing Asian minnows like Pakistan, Yemen, Hong Kong, Cambosia, Guam etc? The top 8 ranked teams should enter from the final round and AFC should organize a mini tournament for the 8 teams.

MONEY...

Small nations think they have chance now
So games will be pack house , with high tv ratings
And maybe
1 team out of top 8 make it strigjt to wc.

[diz]

FIFA has scrapped its ill-fated plan for three-team groups and approved a new format for the 2026 tournament — a 48-team bonanza hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The new format will be more akin to the traditional one: four-team groups and an additional 32-team knockout stage.

Eight third-place teams will qualify for the round of 32; the entire tournament will feature 104 matches, up from 64.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/world-c...135958106.html

[peiman92]

FIFA has scrapped its ill-fated plan for three-team groups and approved a new format for the 2026 tournament — a 48-team bonanza hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The new format will be more akin to the traditional one: four-team groups and an additional 32-team knockout stage.

Eight third-place teams will qualify for the round of 32; the entire tournament will feature 104 matches, up from 64.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/world-c...135958106.html

Great news! Now it will be watchable.

But for TM, anything less than R16 will be a failure, especially with this new format.

[oracle]

Great news! Now it will be watchable.

But for TM, anything less than R16 will be a failure, especially with this new format.

From the day teams officially start camp until
the final July 19th it will be 56 days total.
The more rest between games Will Benefit teams
like tm....our players excuse after losing to u.s was, THEIR BODY HAD DRAINED OUT due to short time between game to game.

[peiman92]

From the day teams officially start camp until
the final July 19th it will be 56 days total.
The more rest between games Will Benefit teams
like tm....our players excuse after losing to u.s was, THEIR BODY HAD DRAINED OUT due to short time between game to game.

Kateb Jan, that was a BS excuse by our boys lol.

Regarding rest: I have understood WC26 will be 39 days instead of 31 days.

I think those extra days of rest will be primarly in the KO-stages and not during GS. This means it likely won’t affect us lol.

Remember winning team now has to play 8 games instead of 7.

[oracle]

Kateb Jan, that was a BS excuse by our boys lol.

Regarding rest: I have understood WC26 will be 39 days instead of 31 days.

I think those extra days of rest will be primarly in the KO-stages and not during GS. This means it likely won’t affect us lol.

Remember winning team now has to play 8 games instead of 7.

Kateb transfer shodeh. last I heard of him legionnaire shodeh.

since four 3rd place teams advance to next round,
it's a big deal for weak teams to get extra day or 2 off it definitely helps them.
persian players playing on 3 days rest is disaster coming.....there is solution for that too, have deep enough bench to replace certain players to keep the players fresh.

[peiman92]

Kateb transfer shodeh. last I heard of him legionnaire shodeh.

since four 3rd place teams advance to next round,
it's a big deal for weak teams to get extra day or 2 off it definitely helps them.
persian players playing on 3 days rest is disaster coming.....there is solution for that too, have deep enough bench to replace certain players to keep the players fresh.

Wow Kateb transfer shode! Bring some of our PGL-players to where you are so we get more legionares 😁

Yes but that extra rest will probably be after the 3 GS-games. Our players complained about the rest between those 3 games lol.

My solution: PGL games every 4th day so our players get used to play more often.

[KC McElroy]

FIFA has scrapped its ill-fated plan for three-team groups and approved a new format for the 2026 tournament — a 48-team bonanza hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The new format will be more akin to the traditional one: four-team groups and an additional 32-team knockout stage.

Eight third-place teams will qualify for the round of 32; the entire tournament will feature 104 matches, up from 64.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/world-c...135958106.html

The better option would be for the group winners and 4 2nd placed teams to advance. That way you wouldn't need a round of 32, the World Cup would remain at about 30 days, and the groups would be more competitive due to 16 less spots for advancing.

[oracle]

Wow Kateb transfer shode! Bring some of our PGL-players to where you are so we get more legionares 😁

Yes but that extra rest will probably be after the 3 GS-games. Our players complained about the rest between those 3 games lol.

My solution: PGL games every 4th day so our players get used to play more often.

Vis vis is kateb rafteh pishe mashsaeed.

Need to find out about the rest schedule asap.

Pgl games on 3 days rest= teams will lose their half their players acl injury....good idea indeed.

[peiman92]

Vis vis is kateb rafteh pishe mashsaeed.

Need to find out about the rest schedule asap.

Pgl games on 3 days rest= teams will lose their half their players acl injury....good idea indeed.

Premier league players play every 4th day with all the cups and CL. We need to shorten rest in PGL if we want to able to play 3 games in 10 days in WC.