How can three countries host the World Cup?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's hope the US makes it into the World Cup that year, lol. So sad.

Agreed, it would be embarrassing to host but not play. Hopefully we'll make the cut for 2026!

I don’t know much about this, but it was my understanding that the host country gets an automatic bearth in the tournament.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's hope the US makes it into the World Cup that year, lol. So sad.

Agreed, it would be embarrassing to host but not play. Hopefully we'll make the cut for 2026!

I don’t know much about this, but it was my understanding that the host country gets an automatic bearth in the tournament.

Awesome! I would love to go if any of the games are nearby. I think this is pretty exciting!

[Anonymous]

DC and Bmore are hosting games

[Anonymous]

NO!!! Let's build a bunch of venues for a month's worth of use. I think it's awesome to spread it across the continent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My big question: do all three countries automatically get invites to the World Cup? The usual tradition is that the host country is automatically granted a WC berth. Neither the US nor Canada made the WC this year - three teams from the Americas will crowd out other contenders from this region.

I’m guessing the host countries will get a spot. I heard they are adding four more groups of four to the group play round.

That’s nuts. 16 more teams!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My big question: do all three countries automatically get invites to the World Cup? The usual tradition is that the host country is automatically granted a WC berth. Neither the US nor Canada made the WC this year - three teams from the Americas will crowd out other contenders from this region.

I’m guessing the host countries will get a spot. I heard they are adding four more groups of four to the group play round.

That’s nuts. 16 more teams!!!

Water down!

[Anonymous]

This made a lot of sense to me. With so many possible venues, the host countries will have the choice (but not the requirement) to build new venues. The US could do it again by itself quite easily with our existing infra, but I'm very pleased we'll be co-hosting with Mexico and Canada. It would have been a particular challenge (though more than possible) for Mexico, which now hosts games without having to overspend on new white elephant stadiums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's hope the US makes it into the World Cup that year, lol. So sad.

Agreed, it would be embarrassing to host but not play. Hopefully we'll make the cut for 2026!

Can't be any more embarassing that what happened with the Women's World Cup.