What ‘Dark Horse’ Really Means at a 48-Team World Cup The world cup 2026 group stage dark horse teams are not the obvious giants — they’re the sides nobody books for the semis in March, then everybody pretends they backed in July. A dark horse is a nation with the squad depth, form, and a […]
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How the 48-Team Format Actually Works Worldcup 2026 is the first edition to swell from 32 to 48 teams, and that single change rewires almost everything about the tournament. More teams means more matches — 104 of them, up from the 64 we sat through in Qatar. That’s a lot of extra football crammed into […]