Bosnia, Scotland, Korea Republic and other third-place teams are now caught in cross-group calculations. The 48-team format ...

Thanks to the big cheeses at FIFA, the 2026 World Cup has a bunch of extra teams, extra games and, therefore, extra math. Let’s start with the simple part. There are 48 nations (rather than the ...

We calculated just how far a soccer player competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup runs. This is how we did the math and our ...

The expanded 2026 World Cup format changes the path to the knockout round. A simulation of past third-place teams shows why four points should be safe, three points puts teams on the bubble and goal ...

Follow our coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, from the mathematics of the new soccer ball to the health ...

Mathematicians have considered how to watch every corner of a space—but soccer adds moving players, blocked views and ...

Check out all the fixtures, features and results for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.