Potential 2026 WC Hosts (Update: Morocco Sole Challenger to CONCACAF Bid)

when FIFA goes ahead and expands from 48 teams to 64 teams in 2026...we can have all 3 host countries included:

http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cu...26-world-cup-bid-a-possibility-concacaf-chief

 

Getting a bit ahead of yourself. WC is only 32 teams now, not 48.

Mexico, Canada and the US? Why not the entire world?

Three co-hosts is too many imo. Especially those 3 in particular because what would end-up happening is the US would host 80% of the games while Mexico and Canada would play their games at home and get thrown a couple more nuggets. It wouldn't be an even 50/50 split (or 33/33/33) like 2002 was. This sets a bad precedent because the next time the WC is held in Europe they might have 6, 8 or even 10 "hosts".

Canada, US and Mexico co-hosting is just a blatant cash-grab since US and Mexico could both host the tournament individually.

 

ha I tend to think big...FIFA and cash grab being used in the same sentence...go figure...lol

 

Lots of money invested with stadiums is coming around...

 

If the World Cup does go back to CONCACAF in 2026 I do hope at least some of the games will be played in Canada.

I'm generally in favor of taking the competition to new markets. So my preference for CONCACAF is:

1. Canada
2. Canada/USA
3. USA
4. Any scenario involving Mexico

The US has hosted it fairly recently but Mexico has already hosted it twice.

 

If multiple hosts are allowed (say, 3 or 4 of them) and it should go to Concacaf, I'd prefer to have it in Central America (e.g., Costa Rica + Honduras + El Salvador + Panama), or at the Caribean (e.g., Cuba + Haiti + Jamaica + Trinidad Tobago). All completely "new" markets, of which, all of them (except Panama), have qualified on their own merit, or assisted to, at least one other WC before.

Among those you mentioned, only Canada deserves it as a "new" market. As the other 2 (both made of lots of "states"), already have had at least one WC at their soil, and between them both, almost completely monopolize the whole of Concacaf, in every imaginable way.

 

Sorry but that idea is ridiculous. Even combined all those countries collectively lack the infrastructure to put on a successful World Cup. And the logistics of hosting a tournament like that would be very difficult.

 

Yup, the same thing was said over Qatar, a few years ago.
And guess who is going to have a WC in 2022.

 

Yes we all know that San Salvador is swimming in oil money and there's been absolutely zero complaints about Qatar so far

 

On San Salvador, at least, there has never been an elected president of the nation, whom has talked about building a wall to keep neighbours from going into their country.

And on regards to Qatar, much has been said, but till now, at FIFA are still going on with the idea of having it there.

 

Yes let's ignore the meaningless things like infrastructure and safety and focus on the important things like statements of a countries political candidates, especially one's that won't even be in office by then.

Let's look to Tajikistan for 2030, I'm not sure they have the stadiums but don't worry Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan can lend a hand. I don't think those leaders have said sh**ty things about Mexicans

 

Only problem is that they don't belong to Concacaf.

So when we get to discuss about another WC at Asia, we can get back to them

 

My mistake, they'd be perfect later down the road

 

Once again, politics don't belong in here.

 

Suggestion today that China will have to wait until 2034 to host W. Cup. Likely to get 2023 Asian Cup. N America 2026, Europe 2030

— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) January 9, 2017

Looks like there won't be 2 consecutive World Cups hosted in the Americas ... Europe in 2030 before China inevitably wins a bid ... England hoping football's coming home? ... usually football doesn't stay too long out of Europe ... so this wouldn't be a surprise.

 

Canada should not host it alone. They don't have enough stadiums for 80 matches.

 

Well, Uruguay has even lots less stadiums, and still wants to be whom gets to host the 1930 WC, 4 years later.

If they can wish it, without having anything close to the required amount of stadiums, it is perfectly viable for Canada to wish it as well

 

The 48 team WC will have 80 games (in theory over the same amount of days), and need 48 "bases" to host teams for training ect... Assuming WC's don't regional and are still hosted, or co-hosted, by one or two countries; what countries are able to still host it; and who is eliminated by this change. Or is it no one? Could South Africa pull this off, or Brazil? I'm interested to know if FIFA properly funds FA's that qualify, or will we have teams on a shoe-string budget ill prepared for WC campaigns. I'm convinced this is what is happening to the African team, squads of good players who underperform because of corrupt FA's and low budgets.

 

My projected future WC hosts: Russia 2018, Qatar 2022, USA 2026, Uruguay/Argentina 2030 (100 year Anniversary), England 2034, China or Australia/New Zealand 2038

 

It's definitely going to weed out countries like Qatar from the mix. There's no way they'd be able to support 48 teams playing 80 games in 32 days. They'd need 12 stadiums minimum. None of this we can only build 8 crap that the Qataris will end up getting away with.

 

There is no way they could host 32 teams and their fans but its happening anyway.

 

Another good thing about Qatar. They are and are going to continue to cock it up so bad even FIFA won't be able to make excuses to pull that crap again. The expansion of the tournament will just make it even harder on top of Qatar's impending fiasco.

 

Anyhoo, it looks like with the expansion to 48 teams it's a given that a Canada/US/Mexico bid will happen and will win it without opposition. One of the big logistical problems was lack of CONCACAF qualifying spots. Otherwise, it's a huge plus that there will be no competing CONCACAF bids.

 

Good read ... The Economist

...the expansion will make it even harder for developing countries to organise a World Cup, tilting the responsibility back towards Western nations—or authoritarian ones, which can take on the burden without popular approval.

The irony of Mr Infantino’s push for inclusivity is that though there will be more guests at the party, fewer of them will be able to host.

How quickly can you turn the US into a dictatorship? ... every little helps when bidding to host the World Cup ... seeing the likes of Brazil and South Africa suffer from white elephantism ... here's an even better read ... for all potential hosts, a caveat

 

Last election was step #1