If a trend from the 21st century continues, then the 2026 World Cup champion may be England or Portugal

The World Cup has a long history, how to divide nodes? 2030 is the 100th anniversary of the World Cup, and the World Cup will enter the next hundred years, so 2030 can certainly be used as a node. But as a large-scale event that has crossed the century, taking the century as a node is also a way. In other words, the World Cup in the 20th century and the World Cup in the 21st century are two stages.

According to the six World Cups held in the 21st century to the present, many orders are about to be reshuffled. For example, Brazil won five championships in history, but four of them occurred in the 20th century. Brazil's advantage in the 21st century is extremely small, or in other words, it has no advantage at all, and is even about to catch up with Germany and Italy. Not to mention the older Uruguay. Uruguay was the overlord of the World Cup in the Black and White era, but it was only limited to that era. Today, Uruguay has long been reduced to a second-tier team. It is too difficult to count on them to win the World Cup championship in the 21st century, even when they are one of the hosts in 2030. In the first 25 years of the 21st century, from the perspective of the World Cup, world football has basically balanced its power, and no team has monopolized an era like Brazil from 1958 to 1970. As a result, a trend has also been formed in the past 25 years. Then, if England or Portugal wins the World Cup in 2026, this trend will continue, although it will not last long. This trend is that in the first six World Cups in the 21st century, the championships were not repeated and were won by 6 teams respectively. As for which six are there, there is no need to say more? So, if the championship is not repeated in the 2026 World Cup, then it will be directed to England or Portugal. The Netherlands is not mentioned here. After all, although the Netherlands has gradually recovered its status as a strong team in recent years, it seems that it is still a little short of winning the World Cup.

England has performed very well in the competition in recent years, ranking fourth in the 2018 World Cup and second in the second in the European Cup in 2021 and 2024, which shows that they have been in the top few places in the world football for the past seven or eight years. Moreover, in England now, newcomers are constantly emerging, and there is no problem of being incompetent, and the lineup has never lacked competitiveness. Therefore, it is not a dream to see England reappear the miracle of winning 60 years ago in the 2026 World Cup. As for Portugal, they have never won the World Cup in history, and their best results are only third. Coincidentally, when they finished third, it was the year England won the championship. Portugal is currently in the strongest era in history, and its strength is better than the golden generation of that year. You have to say that Portugal has no historical background, but in the past decade, the number of major championships in Portugal has actually exceeded many traditional strong teams. The 2016 European Cup, the first European League, and the most recent European League, mean that Portugal has won three major championships in the past decade. Although some people say that the UEFA League has no value, after all, Portugal's opponents are also European strong teams, and no one can let go of this event easily. Of course, it is very difficult for England and Portugal to break through the siege of Germany, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, France, and Italy to become the World Cup new champion since the 21st century. But this possibility is definitely worth looking forward to. At the same time, with the current world football structure, there are only a few teams who have the strength to win the World Cup championship, and there are also only a few teams that are barely added to the Netherlands. Therefore, in the 2030 World Cup, the championship is likely to be repeated with the first seven.

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