The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup™

Jun 13th, 2018 7:41 am

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tk1000 [OP]: Deal Expert; Dec 7, 2012; 32228 posts; 8684 upvotes; GTHA

Jun 13th, 2018 7:41 am

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup™

https://www.canadasoccer.com/united-bid ... p--p161615

Jun 13th, 2018 8:56 am

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scoper: Deal Guru; Aug 5, 2006; 10083 posts; 7227 upvotes; Global Village

Jun 13th, 2018 8:56 am

This is huge! The only thing is it sounds like FIFA will decide which cities will get to host so 1 of TO or Montreal may be excluded.

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Jun 13th, 2018 8:59 am

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bobbings: Deal Fanatic; Sep 14, 2006; 9605 posts; 2618 upvotes

Jun 13th, 2018 8:59 am

So this means Team Canada will be part of the group of 32?

We have 8 years to make our team somewhat competitive lol

TEAM CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!

Jun 13th, 2018 10:23 am

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GoodFellaz: Penalty Box; Jun 24, 2015; 8254 posts; 2782 upvotes; 0 downvotes

Jun 13th, 2018 10:23 am

Hello Everybody, this morning was great news, they announced on the Radio that The Fifa World Cup for 2026 (Two Thousand and Twenty Six) will be coming to North America with 10 games being played in Canada. Toronto will be one of the cities, montreal and Edmonton are the others. Toronto needs to retrofit their BMO Fld to add 10G net new seats to qualify it for fifa standards.

By the way, I heard this news on the radio so that is why I did not post a link cus you can not link to a radio station. I'm sure the news has spread and you can find it if you searched the net or actually turned on the TV /Radio and watch/listen to the news

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Jun 13th, 2018 11:29 am

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GoodFellaz: Penalty Box; Jun 24, 2015; 8254 posts; 2782 upvotes; 0 downvotes

Jun 13th, 2018 11:29 am

Can you imagine if Italy were to qualify for the 2026 World Cup? All of Woodbridge will head down town to watch them play. The Home Depot, Rona and Lowes will be all empty that day, except for the parking lots, cus they will all park their cars there, then hop on the Vaughan TTC subway line towards Downtown, lol

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Jun 13th, 2018 11:37 am

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poleman: Deal Addict; Nov 10, 2015; 2243 posts; 867 upvotes; Monte Creek, BC

Jun 13th, 2018 11:37 am

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-583816 ... d-Cup-host.
Here's a link. I just happened upon doing my morning news update. No word on which cities here could get the games. Of course the type of turf will play a big part.

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Jun 13th, 2018 11:52 am

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poleman: Deal Addict; Nov 10, 2015; 2243 posts; 867 upvotes; Monte Creek, BC

Jun 13th, 2018 11:52 am

It looks like Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton get games.

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Jun 13th, 2018 11:55 am

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GoodFellaz: Penalty Box; Jun 24, 2015; 8254 posts; 2782 upvotes; 0 downvotes

Jun 13th, 2018 11:55 am

poleman wrote: ↑ It looks like Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton get games.

I just said that, yo. I guess people do not read things any more.

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Jun 13th, 2018 1:01 pm

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Tiberius: Deal Fanatic; Feb 3, 2005; 5099 posts; 1130 upvotes; Georgetown

Jun 13th, 2018 1:01 pm

Canada qualifies for the World Cup! Wahooooo!

Jun 13th, 2018 1:21 pm

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Kkhan15: Deal Addict; Jan 1, 2013; 2097 posts; 1418 upvotes; Durham

Jun 13th, 2018 1:21 pm

bobbings wrote: ↑ So this means Team Canada will be part of the group of 32?

We have 8 years to make our team somewhat competitive lol

48 teams in 2026

Jun 13th, 2018 2:34 pm

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studentoflife: Member; Mar 1, 2011; 218 posts; 61 upvotes

Jun 13th, 2018 2:34 pm

bobbings wrote: ↑ So this means Team Canada will be part of the group of 32?

We have 8 years to make our team somewhat competitive lol

We better start handing out citizenship to soccer players lol.

This is awesome news. I think hosting it in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver would be great.

Jun 13th, 2018 5:15 pm

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jookid: Member; Oct 27, 2012; 400 posts; 389 upvotes; Shwa

Jun 13th, 2018 5:15 pm

#CUM2026

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Jun 13th, 2018 7:05 pm

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mr_raider: Deal Expert; Feb 29, 2008; 29861 posts; 5373 upvotes; Montreal

Jun 13th, 2018 7:05 pm

bobbings wrote: ↑ So this means Team Canada will be part of the group of 32?

We have 8 years to make our team somewhat competitive lol

No. That is to be settled as of yet, since there are three host countries.

Jun 13th, 2018 7:56 pm

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gibor365365: Deal Addict; Apr 27, 2015; 3049 posts; 1741 upvotes; Mississauga

Jun 13th, 2018 7:56 pm

I hope to see Canada and Russia in the same group

Both superior in hockey, but suck on football

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Jun 13th, 2018 7:59 pm

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joeyjoejoe: Deal Guru; May 9, 2006; 12680 posts; 3364 upvotes

Jun 13th, 2018 7:59 pm

Kkhan15 wrote: ↑ 48 teams in 2026

So from what I read...

48 teams:
AFC (Asia) – 8
Caf (Africa) – 9
Concacaf (North and Central America) – 6 (Canada, USA, and Mexico auto-qualify)
Conmebol (South America) – 6
OFC (Oceania) – 1
Uefa (Europe) – 16
Final 2 spots are determined by a mini-tourney.

16 divisions of 3 teams each. Every team plays only 2 games and the top 2 advance.
32 remaining teams go into single elimination. The team that wins 5 straight wins the World Cup.

Total games: 80

Jun 13th, 2018 9:34 pm

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PCDawg: Deal Fanatic; Apr 30, 2003; 7786 posts; 1587 upvotes; Toronto

Jun 13th, 2018 9:34 pm

So each city gets 3 exhibition games? Why does the US get so many and travel must suck for the players.

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Jun 14th, 2018 1:53 am

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heymikey: Deal Addict; Oct 2, 2006; 3615 posts; 518 upvotes

Jun 14th, 2018 1:53 am

Wow! I didn't know the announcement was today. I was just thinking about this yesterday. Although it looks like only 3 cities in Canada will be hosting. I wonder if more than one games will be slotted for these 3 cities.

Jun 14th, 2018 9:14 am

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GoodFellaz: Penalty Box; Jun 24, 2015; 8254 posts; 2782 upvotes; 0 downvotes

Jun 14th, 2018 9:14 am

heymikey wrote: ↑ Wow! I didn't know the announcement was today. I was just thinking about this yesterday. Although it looks like only 3 cities in Canada will be hosting. I wonder if more than one games will be slotted for these 3 cities.

they said Toronto will get 10 games, now that could mean 10 crappy games, or 10 good games, no one knows at this time, they probably have years of paper work to work out the details and also results of matches played also determine the outcome of which teams play too, don't forget that

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Jun 14th, 2018 9:26 am

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Swerny: Deal Expert; Oct 5, 2008; 17642 posts; 13374 upvotes; Toronto

Jun 14th, 2018 9:26 am

studentoflife wrote: ↑ We better start handing out citizenship to soccer players lol.

This is awesome news. I think hosting it in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver would be great.

Vancouver opted out, so they won't get games.

Edmonton will as well as Toronto and Montreal.

Jun 14th, 2018 9:41 am

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GoodFellaz: Penalty Box; Jun 24, 2015; 8254 posts; 2782 upvotes; 0 downvotes

Jun 14th, 2018 9:41 am

Swerny wrote: ↑ Great news, but repost:

united-bid-canada-mexico-united-states- ... i-2200566/

So sorry for reposting, I spent a good 20+ minutes looking if another thread existed, i guess i should have spent another 20+ mins looking harder, oh well

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