The World Cup 2026 Fan's Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Tournament in Sports History - Softcover

The World Cup 2026 Fan's Guide : Everything You Need to Know About the Biggest Tournament in Sports History

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The biggest World Cup in history is coming to North America. Are you ready For the first time, 48 teams from six continents will compete across 104 matches in 16 stadiums spanning the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The tournament opens at the legendary Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on June 11 and culminates with the Final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19. It will be the most-watched, most-attended, and most dramatic World Cup ever staged.Whether you are a lifelong soccer fan or someone who wants to understand what all the fuss is about, this is the only guide you need.Inside, you will find: - Every group analyzed through the stories that make them matter, not just statistics and rosters, but the rivalries, the histories, and the human drama that give each match its meaning- The farewell tours of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, both playing their final World Cup, both chasing legacies that the tournament has not yet finished writing- The rise of the next generation: Lamine Yamal, Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, Florian Wirtz, and the young stars who will define football for the next decade- The stories you have not heard: Senegal winning the AFCON title and having it stripped away. Iraq returning after 40 years. Curacao, the smallest nation ever to qualify. Haiti's first World Cup in 52 years. Bosnia beating Italy on penalties to be here.- The complete fan's toolkit: how the 48-team format works, what VAR actually does, offside explained simply, every venue profiled, TV broadcast info, and a blank bracket for you to fill inBold predictions, opinionated analysis, and the case for each potential championWritten for the casual-to-serious American fan by a sports author who has covered the intersection of athletics and storytelling across multiple bestselling titles. This is not a dry reference manual. It is the book that makes you care about matches you did not know you should care about, and sends you into the tournament informed, excited, and ready for every minute. Artikel-Nr. 9798196041105

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