Traditional yellow card rules: At the 2026 World Cup, accumulating two yellow cards results in a one-match suspension.
This could happen by getting two bookings in one game or by receiving a yellow card in two different group stage matches.
Effect: Should this happen, any player who receives two yellows during the group stages would be suspended for the round-of-32 fixtures if they progress through the tournament.
New rule: Because the World Cup has expanded to 48 teams - adding an extra knockout round - FIFA introduced a revised system to prevent players from missing crucial games due to simple mistakes.
Yellow card tallies are completely erased twice during the tournament.
