Will we have World Challenges in CFF3 ?
If I remember correctly, the original purpose of the World Challenges, was for a fun way in which teams in Div 2 & 3 could have races with those in different divisions. Trouble is, with a 7 week schedule, it doesn't completely work.
W7 = 2
W6 = 4
W5 = 8
W4 = 16
W3 = 32
W2 = 64
W1 = 128
So we have 50 Div 1 teams, and the top 16 of Div 2 (68/4), which wasn't really the original purpose. There are possible ways around this, if it's still to have the same goal is in CFF2 (which mightn't be the case). You could have a mid-week race in Week 1, which would bring us to 256 teams. The alternative is to have 3 teams for the races in W1, which brings us to 192 teams. Of course, combining these (an extra race - plus 3 teams in first race) would bring us to 384 teams participating.