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Originally Posted by elly63
Just to put some of this into perspective here is how the tournament will go, I think 
The tournament will open with a group stage consisting of 16 groups of three teams, with the top two teams progressing from each group to a knockout tournament starting with a round of 32 teams.
The number of games played overall will increase from 64 to 80, but the number of games played by finalists remains at seven, the same as with 32 teams, except that one group match will be replaced by a knockout match.
The tournament will also be completed within 32 days, same as previous 32-team tournaments. |
You've taken this verbatim from the Wikipedia article on the 2026 World Cup.
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Originally Posted by elly63
Mexico and Canada are each getting 10 games
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If this is the case then it's basically six group games, two R32, and two R16 matches that the host team count potentially qualify for. The host country would have two host country group games, plus four other group games from the same group and nearby groups.