FIFA 2026 WC - general

[erogenouszone]

I know it's a friendly but Netherlands just lost 1-0 to Algeria.

 

[erogenouszone]

Scottish flipouts on Twitter are hilarious. They'd win the world cup and still complain.

I'll put tomato sauce on haggis and eat it and if they win the World Cup.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Saudi Arabia's second of three pre-World Cup friendlies against Puerto Rico delayed due to inclement weather, with both teams scoreless in the first half.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Canada leading the Republic of Ireland 1-0 going into the half in their second and final pre-World Cup friendly.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Haiti leading Peru 1-0 at the half in their second of two pre-World Cup friendlies.

 

[JS96]

Sneaky wager on the a the Netherlands? I saw if you put money on the top 5 to win, you'd come out ahead regardless. The trouble is I don't have 2.5m to spread and it'd cause someone outside that to take the title.

 

[melbcityguy]

I was watching some local news report videos on USA cities greeting nations training in their city.

I quite like it you have towns in texas welcoming the czech and it really brings people together the kind of thing the world cup/Olympics is supposed to

 

[JS96]

I was watching some local news report videos on USA cities greeting nations training in their city.

I quite like it you have towns in texas welcoming the czech and it really brings people together the kind of thing the world cup/Olympics is supposed to

Plenty of good stories out there. The public broadcaster start the fanfare of the event and then turn to politics. We know it, we get it. Politics is permanent whereas the world cup isn't.

 

[NicCarBel]

Post in thread 'SIMULATIONS - 2026 FIFA World Cup'

Today at 5:10 PM

Alrighty - so the group stage is over and here are the full results and standings:


Now some notes on who advances and etc that I've noticed as little anomaly's and what now:

• All positions that were technically decided on head-to-head, were also decided in the same order on the 'traditional' method - with the exception of 3rd/4th in Group B between Bosnia & Herzegovina and Switzerland.
• Interestingly, if Switzerland were given the 3rd place in the group on the 'traditional' method, they would have advanced as one of the best 8 3rd places - however, Bosnia &...

• NicCarBel