my FIFA 2026 World Cup simulation as for now, CORRECTED:   Hosts 1. 2. 3. Asia 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Africa 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. N. America 21. 22. 23.   S. America 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Oceania 30. Europe 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. Play-offs 47. 48.       So it's instead of now

each one of them will be in one separate path playing the top seed team (most probably a strong team) in semifinal away from home. so no none of those weak teams will qualify.

Finally, another elusive Rio 2016 opening ceremony fan    I think many people like the ceremony, but I rarely see it as a #1 on people's lists (where it is on mine).

https://tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english/poland-s-president-andrzej-duda-named-candidate-for-international-olympic-committee-st8220096    

12 points from me go to... Rio

@vlad @Faramir oh, guys, you have to tell me which one of you is right here

Standings after 4 events (Poll #2 1/5)   Faramir 3 Gianlu33 3 Wumo 3 Josh 3 vovanA 2 NearPup 2 intoronto 2 Ros 2 phelps 2 Henry_Leon 2  Illya 2 Topicmaster1010 2 heywoodu 2 rafalgorka 2 iran2016 2 ChandlerMne 1 FancyFenchel 1 Andry84 1 EselTheDonkey 1

5. 2.5. Who will be 4th in Men's Ski Cross World Cup Event, Val Thorens, FRA, Fri, Dec 13th   Correct answer: non-Canadian   because Kevin Drury CAN was 3rd Terence Tchiknavorian FRA was 4th    

With his result, Karlos would have won the next 2 weights as well.  Let's see if tomorrow they can beat his total. 

Friday December 13th, 2024 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +1)   12:30  Austria  2 - 0  Hungary 16:00  Denmark  3 - 0  Norway 19:30  France  2 - 6  Slovenia   Provisional Standing After Day 4:   1.    12 ----------------- 2.   10 3.   6 4.   5 5.   3 ----------------- 6.   0