Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2018

[bestmen 2,926]

the Groups will be pretty easy , this is the best chance for Africa to win the cup

[bestmen 2,926]

so 2 african teams could be in the same Group

 

all these teams of the pot 3 are easy for Nigeria they have to beat the 2nd team of the pot 2 and bingo

 

[AmericanHero40 252]

2 minutes ago, bestmen said:

so 2 african teams could be in the same Group

 

all these teams of the pot 3 are easy for Nigeria they have to beat the 2nd team of the pot 2 and bingo

 

No they said that geographical constraints still exist, a group can only have 2 european teams, and no other confederations in one group, so once nigeria or morocco come out , they will take out the groups of tunisia, egypt and senegal out of the pot

[heywoodu 16,468]

59 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

 

That's not totally true, Europe will gain only 3 more teams, the other confederations though will have pretty pointless qualifying.

 

South America will have 6

That is far from pointless. 

[AmericanHero40 252]

Just now, heywoodu said:

That is far from pointless. 

 

 

Eh, South America might still be ok since this year was very close and chile didnt make it (and they might get 7th place since they will probably get another playoff spot)

 

but the other 3? 6 teams of Concacaf? 8 of AFC? 9 of CAF???

[Wanderer 1,738]

57 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

 

That's not totally true, Europe will gain only 3 more teams, the other confederations though will have pretty pointless qualifying.

 

North America will have 6 (the entire Hex)

South America will have 6

Africa will have 9!!!

Asia will have 8!!!

and Oceania will have 1 direct 

and also 2 playoff spots, not sure from which confederations yet

 

This expansion is only made for the smaller countries to qualify, not European teams

 

 

Confederation	Total FIFA eligible members	Percentage of members with places in finals	Total places in finals (including host)	Total places before 2026 (excluding host, including half-places)
AFC	46	17%	8	4.5
CAF	54	17%	9	5
CONCACAF	35	17%	6	3.5
CONMEBOL	10	60%	6	4.5
OFC	11	9%	1	0.5
UEFA	55	29%	16	13
Play-Off			2	-
Total	211	23%	48	31 (+ host)

 

 

Thanks for this, I didn't actually paid attention on quotas. But that is too much for both, Asia and Africa. Needless to say that the quality will probably deteriorate 

[heywoodu 16,468]

Just now, Maxim Fastovsky said:

 

 

Eh, South America might still be ok since this year was very close and chile didnt make it (and they might get 7th place since they will probably get another playoff spot)

 

but the other 3? 6 teams of Concacaf? 8 of AFC? 9 of CAF???

It's better than 10 extra places for Europe. Plus AFC and CAF have historically been better in accepting bribes  

[heywoodu 16,468]

1 minute ago, Wanderer said:

 

 

Thanks for this, I didn't actually paid attention on quotas. But that is too much for both, Asia and Africa. Needless to say that the quality will probably deteriorate 

All of a sudden you'll see countries like Panama qualify, and countries like Honduras, DR Congo or Burkina Faso get really close  

Edited November 15, 2017 by heywoodu

[AmericanHero40 252]

Just now, heywoodu said:

It's better than 10 extra places for Europe. Plus AFC and CAF have historically been better in accepting bribes  

 

They just shouldn't expand, and then have a very convoluted tournament with 16 groups of 3 teams, the World Cup is Fine the way it is!

[Wanderer 1,738]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

All of a sudden you'll see countries like Panama qualify, and countries like Honduras, DR Congo or Burkina Faso get really close  

 

Yes. And countries like Italy and perhaps Netherlands would be locks