First, the World Cup bid area:
According to the practice that the World Cup is held in different continents in turn, the countries that have the right to host the 2026 World Cup can be member countries from African Football Association, Central and North American and Caribbean Football Association, South American Football Association and Oceania Football Association, while UEFA and AFC are excluded because they have hosted two World Cups in 20 18 and 2022 respectively.
2017 On April 10, the Football Associations of the United States, Canada and Mexico officially announced that they would jointly bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on behalf of Central and North America. This is the first time in the history of the World Cup that three countries jointly bid.
Second, briefly introduce the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The United States-Canada-Mexico World Cup is the 2026 World Cup, and the competition will begin in 2026. This is the first time in the history of the World Cup that the three countries jointly hosted it, and it is also the fourth time that it was held in North America (the previous three World Cups were 1970 Mexico, 1986 Mexico, and 1994 America respectively).
On June 6, 2022, FIFA announced that the United States, Canada and Mexico would jointly host the 2026 World Cup. The competition system of the 2026 World Cup is: 48 teams are divided into 12 groups, and the teams entering the finals need to play 8 games.
The rules of the World Cup are:
First, the group stage
The first stage of the group stage consists of 48 games, which are divided into 12 groups, with 4 teams in each group and 3 games in each group. Winner has 3 points, draw 1 point, and loser has 0 point.
After the group match, the person with the highest score ranks first. If the points are the same, the person with the highest goal difference ranks first; If the goal difference is the same, the person with the highest total number of goals ranks first; If the above three data are the same, then you need to draw lots to decide the ranking.
Second, the knockout stage
The knockout stage I * * consists of 32 matches, including 1/8 final, 16 final, 1/4 final, 2 semi-finals, 1 final and 1 final. In the knockout stage, if the two sides draw within 90 minutes, there will be 30 minutes of overtime.
If overtime is still tied, it will be decided by penalty kick. In the penalty shootout, players from both sides decide the outcome of the game by shooting penalties at each other.