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TheSpacePopeIX t1_ixqak5u wrote

Reply to comment by Fred_Smythe in TIL the 2026 World Cup will be the first Cup to host 48 teams instead of the usual 32. by hcbaron

Does the math on this work out? A draw guarantees that one other team in your group has only 1 point as well.

Plus selling out to try to score but getting scored on instead is a four point swing in your opponents favor,

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muaddib99 t1_ixqbrzj wrote

depends on the order of the games i guess. if you've both played and lost to the other team, but you lost by 2 and they by 1, you're going to be balls to the wall trying to win late because otherwise you're out on goal differential

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TheSpacePopeIX t1_ixqdtlo wrote

I guess, but doesn’t that more or less happen in the current group format?

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