FIFA WORLD CUP 2026

[Armour of God]

The FIFA world cup.
It's the biggest sporting event in the world for the biggest sport in the world.
Football aka soccer

It starts on the 11th of June and finishes on the 19th of July.
There are some differences this world cup.
One is that it's hosted in 3 countries, USA, Canada and Mexico.
Another change is that it's gone from 32 teams to 48 teams. So there are more teams, more groups, more matches and an extra knock-out round of 32. So a team needs to survive 8 matches to win the tournament now.

Who will win. Well, as always, the past winners are the favourites. Spain, France, Argentina, England and Germany. Surprisingly, Italy failed to qualify for the third straight world cup.

A dark horse to win it is the country where both my parents are from, Portugal. They have always relied on Cristiano Ronaldo, the greatest player of all time in my opinion, and have been successful in the last 10 years winning the Euro cup in 16 and the Nations league in 19 and 25.
This time around they have a really good team as well, with top quality players in all positions. My hopes are with them as always.

As for my home country, Australia, they will do well just to make it into the knock-out rounds. Their team is not very good and are in America's group.

What are your thoughts on the tournament?
Who do you think will win it and why?

 

[Rita]

I would like to see England win so that we don’t keep living off the adoration from 1966 !!! lol
They have played better in the last few tournaments, and with Italy not playing this time round, who knows.

 

[Armour of God]

I would like to see England win so that we don’t keep living off the adoration from 1966 !!! lol
They have played better in the last few tournaments, and with Italy not playing this time round, who knows.

England is always a chance. They always look good on paper but seem to screw up somehow. The game is not played on paper its played on grass.
England invented the game but 1966 is the only time they ever won it. Maybe this could be the year for England.
Hope is all that anyone can have at this point.

 

[Rita]

England is always a chance. They always look good on paper but seem to screw up somehow. The game is not played on paper its played on grass.
England invented the game but 1966 is the only time they ever won it. Maybe this could be the year for England.
Hope is all that anyone can have at this point.

They always seem to be hit or miss - no continuity, but they tended to come through in the end in most of the games last time. It’s absolutely nerve racking being an England fan watching the important games. We always have hope, but we are all kind of use to a whole lot of disappointment too.
France we’re pretty good last time round.