Talk:2026 FIFA World Cup/Archive 3

Distribution of third place teams in knockout round
Has there been any announcement from FIFA how the third place teams who qualify for the knockout round will be distributed? There are 495 different combinations of teams who could qualify ($_{12}C{_8} = \tfrac{12!}{8!4!} = \tfrac{12*11*10*9*8!}{4*3*2*1*8!} = 11*5*9 = 495$), which would make for an extremely complicated or lengthy distribution matrix. — Jkudlick &#x2693; (talk) 16:25, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

French language in infobox
I attempted to remove the French translation from the infobox, as the event will only be held in Anglophone regions of Canada (namely Toronto and Vancouver) only to be reverted by under the reasoning that "French is one of the official languages of Canada". It is not standard for English Wikipedia to provide French translations of the names of sporting events in Anglophone regions of Canada- e.g. Quebec City Marathon contains a French translation but Vancouver Marathon does not contain a French translation. For this reason I don't see any reason why the French language should be included here. Chessrat ( talk, contributions ) 20:32, 31 March 2024 (UTC)


 * It is standard for the WP:FOOTY project to provide translations of major tournament names in English and in all official languages of the host nation(s). Your argument that Vancouver Marathon does not include a French translation does not take into consideration that WP:Some stuff exists for a reason. In other words, where there is precedent, it should be followed unless there is a convincing reason to do so. Not including French ignores that a significant portion of the Canadian population not only speaks French, but does not speak English. — Jkudlick &#x2693; (talk) 02:36, 1 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Yeah, not sure what the problem could be here. Canada is officially bi-lingual and the bid for the competition was done at the country level (United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid), not at the province level. --McSly (talk) 03:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * All Canadian soccer competitions have French even if Quebec and New Brunswick do not host matches. 159.115.9.43 (talk) 18:52, 2 April 2024 (UTC)