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30th November 2022
03:04pm GMT

The Athletic report that if FIFA go ahead with three-team groups - and the idea of four-team groups still can't be ruled out - penalty shootouts could be used to help decide which teams end up progressing, with bonus points allocated to the winners.
The same report adds that the shootouts could take place before the games kick-off, reducing the chance of manipulation. It's for this reason that the final round of games in each World Cup group have kicked off at the same time since the 1986 tournament in Mexico.
The United States will host most of the games at the 2026 tournament - 60, in total - including every game from the quarter-final stage onwards.
The final will take place in New York, 32 years after the 1994 final was played on the other side of the country, in Los Angeles.
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