There is a scene in the World Cup, Europe, South America, North America, but neither Asia nor Africa—There is a chance in 2026

The fans have nothing but two attitudes toward the continuous expansion of the World Cup - contempt or support. Those who despise themselves have the so-called elite spirit and believe that the World Cup cannot be mixed with those impurities. It is best to only allow those top teams to participate, and don’t get involved in the rest. Supporters have more diverse understanding and understanding of the World Cup. In fact, the World Cup is not only a football event, but also a football festival, a football feast, or even a cultural feast. Of course, the more lively this kind of activity, the better.

To be honest, you can see that in recent World Cups, many classic scenes were created by second-tier or even third-tier teams. Of course, I would like to watch the showdown, but if you ask me to choose, would you like to watch France and the Netherlands play a boring 0:0, or would you like to watch Serbia and Cameroon play a soul-stirring 3:3?

I choose the latter.

If the World Cup is purely elite, then it will be a European Cup directly. At most, Brazil and Argentina will be invited to participate, and no one else will be brought. In that case, what else is the meaning of the World Cup? Not only Europe has fans, but all over the world have fans. Isn’t it a pleasure to score in the World Cup?

Especially for Asian and African teams, their overall strength is getting stronger and stronger, and they are more and more courageous and courageous, and they are fighting against strong European and American teams. If the Asian and African teams further improve their competitiveness, it will undoubtedly change the order of the world football world.

But now, Asian and African football is still at the downstream of the world football world. Of course, Oceania football, which is too small, has been omitted here.

Today we choose an angle to talk about this. In the history of the World Cup, there is a scene that is common for European teams; for South American teams, they can be encountered almost once or twice in each session; even for North American teams, they have also happened once.

However, to this day, the Asian and African teams have not yet created such a scene.

World Cup arena, civil war with continents. There is no talk of derby, so I will say that the civil war is better. It's very simple, it's about meeting teams from mainland China in the World Cup. This is of course common in Europe, and it can't even be avoided. Let’s not talk about anything else, just look at the group stage, this kind of scenario is already destined. Since Europe has the largest number of places, only European teams are allowed in the group stage, and the number can be two. In this way, wouldn’t a European civil war automatically occur? Do you still use an example? Take the 2022 World Cup as an example, France vs. Denmark, England vs. Wales, and Serbia vs. Switzerland. There are more knockout matches. Originally, Europe is the most teams that scored in the knockout match, so the civil war also accounted for the majority. I really don't need to give more examples of this.

And the South American Civil War has also occurred many times in the knockout round. For example, Brazil vs. Argentina in 1990, and Argentina vs. Uruguay in 1930. In 2014, Brazil was against Chile and Colombia. In fact, South American teams are strong enough, but not enough, so the South American civil war in the World Cup is far less than the European civil war.

So, what about the North American Civil War? There is only one time in my memory, the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals, the United States 2:0 Mexico.

The level of North American football is basically ranked third, and it has been almost overtaken by Asia and Africa in recent years.

Then, now the World Cup urgently needs the emergence of the Asian Civil War and the African Civil War. To create such a scenario, it is necessary to require at least two Asian and African teams to advance to the group. Moreover, one takes the first place in the group and the other takes the second place in the group.

It can be said that the conditions are very harsh. However, in recent World Cups, there are many examples of Asian and African teams taking the top spot in the group. Didn’t Japan do it in 2022?

If there is a civil war between Asia and Africa in the World Cup, it will be a landmark historical moment. In the 2026 World Cup expansion, there are eight or nine Asian teams and nine to ten African teams. These two scenes will definitely be presented.

If it really appears, I think it is most likely that Japan vs. South Korea. As for Africa, it's hard to say.