Born 67......I don't like the idea of 48 teams. Not for the actual WC (However don't like group of 3) but more to do with qualification. Might be hard to sell tickets when Australia can easy squeeze in the 8 from Asia who will qualify. No more cut throat games like Urgay 05 or Irak 13.......32 teams was a good balance and I think ideal format. Also should be hard for Kiwis to get in......Originally Posted by pv4
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Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
yup 48 teams as such not a bad idea.. its the details and the smaller points.
The 3 team groups is just silly/not good... opens a lot of doors for not good practices... 4 like in every tournament is great.. or bumb the number up like in the qualifiers...
and the resources needed to host 48 teams and visitors..
(i think alot of people against it in intitial point would be thinking woo money grab for Fifa)
but hey this is 2026..... we need to a) survive that long B) see how the next 2 WC goes...
(oh and a 48 Team WC in December.....precedent is set.... would just destroy club football)
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Nothing about professional sport now is about the betterment of the game...it IS about ths money. Cricket is another great example.
As Simon Hill said this solely about getting China to host 2026 and validate the promises of the new FIFA leadership.
Well Sir China can not get 2026 and 2030 will go to South America. So China first hope is 2034.
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Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
Destroying club football would not be the worst thing.
I would rather watch Italy v Brazil and Argentina V Germany playing than watching Real Madrid V Bayern and Chelsea V PSG in the UCL
International football should be the pinnacle of the game.
Not club football
It will affect the entire season... how to schedule and im not just meaning the La Liga and Premier League and Bundesliga.. IT doesnt just affect the top league but also the lower leagues..... even our a league...
for a december competition... let alone a 48 team that could possibly happen.....
Its shit for the players and preperation for the competition.... and recovery afterwards....
but that is all in the future...
Amigos Aarau
Yeah we all love fairy tales at the World Cup but it's not going to be the same when half the teams there can barely play the game.
Sure there has been a few stinkers in each group at recent cups but that's enough.
This will not increase the quality of the tournament, which is supposed to be the pinnacle of the sport, and is purely motivated by money.
Reminds me of this American podcast I listened to after the 2014 WC saying it should be every 2 years because it would twice as dope because America has a Super Bowl every year and the Super bowl is dope.
Yeah that seems legit logic.
Based on current rankings (at 12 January 2017), and assuming the following breakup of spots:
UEFA 16 CAF 9 AFC 9 CONMEBOL 8 CONCACAF 5.5 OCEANIA 0.5 TOTAL 48
the following teams would qualify. first number world ranking, second number confederation ranking.
CAF CONCACAF UEFA 33 1 Senegal 17 1 Costa Rica 3 1 Germany 34 2 Côte d'Ivoire 18 2 Mexico 5 2 Belgium 35 3 Egypt 28 3 USA 7 3 France 36 4 Tunisia 58 4 Panama 8 4 Portugal 39 5 Algeria 69 5 Haiti 10 5 Spain 49 6 Congo DR 11 6 Switzerland 50 7 Nigeria CONMEBOL 12 7 Wales 53 8 Burkina Faso 1 1 Argentina 13 8 England 54 9 Ghana 2 2 Brazil 14 9 Croatia AFC 4 3 Chile 15 10 Poland 29 1 Iran 6 4 Colombia 16 11 Italy 37 2 Korea Republic 9 5 Uruguay 21 12 Iceland 44 3 Australia 19 6 Peru 22 13 Netherlands 46 4 Japan 20 7 Ecuador 23 14 Republic of Ireland 48 5 Saudi Arabia 40 8 Paraguay 24 15 Turkey 61 6 Uzbekistan 25 16 Slovakia 64 7 United Arab Emirates 81 8 China PR 85 9 Qatar
New Zealand play off against Honduras for the final position
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Rumours are that a full spot will go to Oceania, the half spots would go to AFC & CONCACAF
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Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
I wouldn't mind afc and oceania using this opportunity to merge. Oceania with a guaranteed spot would be ridiculous.
If we going to go down that road might as well split the confederation
Keep the Petrol states playing one another.
Asia Pacific for the rest
Always thought that would make sense.... Burma, Bhutan, china, Mongolia in our conf, India, Nepal , Bangladesh, with the other mob... (just to define the border)
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Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
Rumours persist that AFC & Oceania will merge, then split into East & West which would still give us decent teams to play against even if we are back with the other Oceania nations
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The fact that this could guarantee NZ a world cup spot is the biggest travesty.
Didn't Fiji go to the Olympics in Rio??
Didn't Tahiti go to the Confederations Cup in Brazil??
It ain't like the Kiwis are dominating Oceania is it.
Why not - Euro, South America, third world cycle is about to be broken up by this.
It will go to the country with the most cash and that will be China then USA or vice versa.
FIFA announced a couple of months ago that Europe and Asia cannot bid for 2026...... South America very keen for 100 years of WC (2030), so I would think USA26, Argentina/Uruguay/Chile30, maybe China34 (but Europe will want it)
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Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
Wait? You talking about FIFA here right?
Oh I'm sure they'll stick to their word.
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