One group of 64, everyone plays everyone else once

Top 32 to the knockouts.

Posted By: jamesward on July 13th 2026 at 11:36:05

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The 64-team World Cup seems to be edging closer (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 13, 10:13:32
- I think it’s good (Other Football) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Jul 13, 19:09:46
- Might as well be 64 if it's going to be 48 (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Jul 13, 12:46:57
- Eventually FIFA will need to incite civil wars in order to create more countries or (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 13, 11:49:51
  - Disunite the States, then you've got 50 new countries (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 13, 12:00:00
    - Better for everyone? (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 13, 12:05:19
      - It would be very funny, and they would mostly bother each other, I reckon (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 13, 12:49:51
- sack off club football (Other Football) - Charles21, Jul 13, 11:33:31
  - I think we can all agree it needs tweaking and changing as often as possible (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 11:37:47
  - One group of 64, everyone plays everyone else once (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 13, 11:36:05
- Not surprising. It’s not about what is best for football (Other Football) - Chopper, Jul 13, 11:30:29
- Sincere suggestion here - make it something more like the old European Cup (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 13, 11:28:39
  - As long as Italy have to enter the round of 128 (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 13, 11:46:16
  - stopped reading at 'Downsides for FIFA...' (Other Football) - CWC, Jul 13, 11:39:47
    - Free 5 day subscription to Training Cam with every bottle of pepsi (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 11:41:38
- Games to be split into 6 15 minute periods. Unlimited subs (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 10:28:20
  - everyone to everyone else, deemed home and away, but actually all in Saudi (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 13, 11:03:08
    - "to play" (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 13, 11:03:19
  - Bonus goals awarded to the team with the best bull rider (n/m) (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Jul 13, 10:47:35
    - Cheerleaders and marching bands during the hydration breaks (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 13, 10:52:06
      - Staged kiss cam and mascots throwing pop corn over 'celebrities' (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 10:53:48
        
        Cannons firing merch into the stands (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 13, 11:08:40
        
        Players wearing headsets like the refs. They get interviewed during subs (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jul 13, 11:39:31
- 128 team World Cup would make more sense (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Breadstick, Jul 13, 10:19:06
  - It’s like the old days of RAM (Other Football) - Old Git, Jul 13, 10:39:26
    - My first desktop had 4mb of ram, 128mb hard disk, 25hz sx processor (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Jul 13, 10:48:59
  - Every team in the world? (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 13, 10:21:00
    - also, every year in every continent (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jul 13, 10:49:04
      - 24 host nations (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jul 13, 10:50:59
        
        at the highest altitude possible in the hottest/coldest environs (Other Football) - Tombs, Jul 13, 10:57:01

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