NearPup 2,095 Posted December 4, 2022 #4151 Share Posted December 4, 2022 There is just no format for 48 teams that is as good as the current format. thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungshamra71 685 Posted December 4, 2022 #4152 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) Fun fact: last time Portugal ever won a match in a World Cup last 16 eliminatory was in 2006 on the famous battle of Nuremberg against the Netherlands Edited December 4, 2022 by kungshamra71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted December 5, 2022 #4153 Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 hours ago, ChandlerMne said: Next WC with 48 teams, or 20% of world countries. I mean really... Some days I like to imagine a 192-team World Cup. Screw logistics and the time it would take to complete. I want a true World Cup Sorry for the 19 or so teams which won't participate. konig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted December 5, 2022 #4154 Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 hours ago, ChandlerMne said: Should have guessed. Same guy who had an idea to have a winter WC, with 5 subs, female referees and so on. I am a conservative, changing established formats isnt my cup of tee but this is beyond my wildest dreams. I mean, 3 teams per group, just hillarious. Well, we had three team groups in 1982 R2 when only 12 of 24 teams made it out of the first group stage. But it was quickly abandoned after only one edition. To have two out of three teams progress from group stage would make almost all the last matches in group stage meaningless if the third team didn't win the first two making the last match a de facto shootout to progress. And you know some bozos would still play for a 0-0 draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted December 5, 2022 #4155 Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 hours ago, LDOG said: It could be 12 groups of 4 teams, it's not decided yet. This seems to be better than the "3 countries per group" nonsense, but the World Cup is already too long as it is now, so what good could a 48-team tournament do? There's only one trophy, so there's no reason to drag the competition week after week as if, say, Finland had a chance to win the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,538 Posted December 5, 2022 #4156 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Who won , england or great britain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted December 5, 2022 #4157 Share Posted December 5, 2022 All the expected winners didn't disappoint so far, hopefully this trend continues tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted December 5, 2022 #4158 Share Posted December 5, 2022 7 hours ago, ChandlerMne said: Should have guessed. Same guy who had an idea to have a winter WC, with 5 subs, female referees and so on. I am a conservative, changing established formats isnt my cup of tee but this is beyond my wildest dreams. I mean, 3 teams per group, just hillarious. How is the 5 subs thing bad? So far it has only been good - at least definitely not bad - and could add some more dynamics to a match. Plus it somewhat decreases the overall injury chances, which is great. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted December 5, 2022 #4159 Share Posted December 5, 2022 7 hours ago, LDOG said: It could be 12 groups of 4 teams, it's not decided yet. It's truly hard to decide which one is better, or less bad. Groups with three teams...meh. A number of groups which can't lead to a direct knockout stage without unfair things like 'top-x numbers 3 also qualify'...meh. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siddhartha Talukdar 112 Posted December 5, 2022 #4160 Share Posted December 5, 2022 4 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Some days I like to imagine a 192-team World Cup. Screw logistics and the time it would take to complete. I want a true World Cup Sorry for the 19 or so teams which won't participate. Why not all 210 FIFA members divided into 35 groups of 6. The host nation of each group could be the top seed of that respective group. Then 35 group winners + 29 top second placed teams could compete in 64 team knockout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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