Annabelle Rackham

I watch most of both of these.

Yes.

Sports correspondent.

And obviously I'm the sports correspondent on this podcast.

So happy World Cup, everyone.

What a story.

So for context, FIFA World Cup 2026 will take place in the US, in Canada, and in Mexico from June 11th to July 19th.

It happens every four years.

This tournament is the largest World Cup ever held.

It's gone from 32 to 48 national teams.

The tournament features 12 groups of four teams.

And the top two from each group then advance automatically to the knockout stage, joined as well by eight best third place finishers.

And then there is like another round.

round there's 72 matches during the group stage and 32 in the knockout rounds the final game will be in New York City on July 19th that's my birthday

You're going, surprise.

I would not be letting mum Darnie.

We're going to need some help.

And this year's winning team will receive a record $50 million in prize money, along with the 18-carat gold-plated trophy.

Australia has qualified to be in the World Cup seven times.

I think the best results were round 16.