Talk:2022 FIFA World Cup

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Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2026

Please change "Bracket" sub-heading in the knockout section to "Draw". This is because "Bracket" is American sport terminology and not that commonly used in football. "Draw" is the comparable term – such as "the knockout draw" or "the half of the draw". Like how the page refers to the competition as a "football" and not a "soccer" one, the remainder of the page should too reflect the correct version of common terms used for the sport globally. Thank you. ~2026-36757-28 (talk) 19:48, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done similar to your now-reverted edit in 2024 Copa America, this is not the accepted term and can be confused with balls and pots Kodak11111 (talk) 21:39, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

I should preface this first that this is meant in a pleasant tone, because I can see edit discussions sometimes seem a bit nasty. I can see from your profile you're from North America, which is why you might have only heard it used in that context. However, I can promise you it is used in both contexts regularly and understanding is derived from the wider context easily - such as in this case being under "knockout". This might explain it clearer (https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2022/11/fixtures-and-brackets.html). "Bracket" like this isn't really a term outside North American English, such that only those into American sports would use the term and many query or have to guess what is meant by it (at least in my experience). So I was making the edit request in spirit of football being a global game and thus seeing "draw" as more inclusive of readers globally + the historical norm within the sport. I don't know if this changes your mind? ~2026-36757-28 (talk) 23:09, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Bracket is the universally accepted term - there's even bracket templates on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:16TeamBracket

The bracket is simply the graphical representation of the draw (pots and balls), and is used universally across sports including the Olympics.

I'm British and use the term 'bracket' all the time.

It hasn't helped that you've signed up with an IP address and immediately proceeded to change in excess of 150 historical articles without consensus, and makes it look agenda-driven to have Wikipedia reflecting how you would like it. Sorry, but no. Woodlandscaley (talk) 23:37, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi mate. Really with having heard it regularly as a Brit? I've honestly only heard it occasionally since about 1 or 2 years ago the Athletic sprung up in the UK and then their writers started appearing on TV. Perhaps it is a generational or regional thing created gap? Still I defer to you this on as perhaps its just been a blind spot of mine then and apologise my attempt to help is now probably a pain. I was just on a bit of a roll with the repetition of the editing to relax myself after a tough work day.

Is there a sort of reverse all thing for edits I could do tomorrow to help? As my impression is now that my judgement on the terminology is maybe outdated or not reflective of internet culture, so should defer to you. ~2026-36757-28 (talk) 00:27, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

I made the initial revert because of the previous consensus to call it Bracket; not because of my personal opinions or experiences, which would be irrelevant to an encyclopedic format.

Your edits appear to all have been reverted already, so no worries and no need to bulk undo them. There is a way to do that by the way, but I'm not sure how to do it. Kodak11111 (talk) 00:34, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, as @Kodak11111 said, the edits have all been reverted!

But, no problem, and thanks for being so courteous @~2026-36757-28.

Regards, Woodlandscaley (talk) 00:40, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Too long

In reference on controversy section, and articles of previous and current World Cup edition, I suggest to trim the controversy section to bullet points. This have been done for 2026 World Cup Controversy section. Can refer the tournament Talk page. Mrpresidentfaris (talk) 08:57, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Orphaned references in 2022 FIFA World Cup

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of 2022 FIFA World Cup's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "yahoo":

• From 2026 FIFA World Cup: Dunbar, Graham (December 23, 2016). "FIFA's 5 options for a 2026 World Cup of 48, 40 or 32 teams". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017.
• From List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies: "World Cup – Qatar 2022 green lights Israel, booze". Yahoo! Eurosport. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:22, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Can we remove the list of base camps?

Is the list of base camps giving the reader any meaningful information about the tournament? OrdinaryOtter (talk) 08:12, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

I think there's probably someone out there that could make a case for where the team was based being relevant (travel time, training conditions for matches, etc), but certainly not which 5-star hotel the team happened to stay at. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:44, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Good point. I removed the hotels. OrdinaryOtter (talk) 09:48, 20 July 2026 (UTC)