Rules of the World Cup Competition System

The rules of the World Cup are different every time. Let's take the rules of Qatar 2022 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup as an example:

1. According to the Qatar 2022 rules of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, each team can send 1 players to represent the national team.

2. As Qatar is a weak football country, Qatar, as the host, sent 1 strikers to participate in this World Cup.

3. In the group stage, each team can send 1 defender, 4 midfielders, 2 forwards and 1 midfielder, 2 defenders and 2 midfielders, 2 defenders and 1 midfielder. 2 backseats and 1 midfield, 2 defenders and 1 midfield, 2 defenders and 1 midfield.

4. In the main stage, each team can only have 2 forwards and 65,438+0 defenders, 3 midfielders, 5 midfielders, 4 defenders, 5 forwards, 2 midfielders, 2 defenders and 65,438+0 forwards.

5. In the knockout stage, each team can only have 1 striker.

6. In the semi-final stage, four forwards, four midfielders, 1 forwards, two defenders, 1 forwards, and each player can only play 1 time.

Rules reform of the 2026 World Cup;

2017 On May 10, the FIFA Council held a meeting in Bahrain, which officially confirmed the quota allocation for the 2026 World Cup. This meeting officially confirmed the seats of all continents in the 2026 World Cup: Asia officially won 8.5 seats.

Among them, after FIFA decided to increase the number of teams participating in the finals from 32 to 48 from the 2026 World Cup, it put forward a preliminary allocation plan: Asia won 8 seats, Europe won 16 seats, Africa won 9 seats, North America and Central America and the Caribbean won 6 seats, South America won 6 seats, and Oceania won 1 seat.

The host automatically gets a seat for the competition and occupies a place on its mainland. The other two seats were produced through play-offs. It was particularly clear at this meeting that every continent except Europe has half a seat to compete in the play-offs.

In this way, Asia actually increased from the original 4.5 seats to 8.5 seats. Therefore, regardless of the strength of the national football team, the chances of the national football team entering the World Cup have been significantly improved.

In addition, in the new rules, there is no draw in the 2026 World Cup group match.

If the two teams draw, they will enter the penalty shootout and the first two teams will advance. There are still many minor changes, such as the standards of referee enforcement, which will be dealt with seriously in the face of pushing or pulling. Obviously, under the new rules, the traditional football team will be affected to some extent.