Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2018

[hckošice 14,900]

17 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

 

Thanks buddy, who's buying the drinks?

 

 

 

the Czechs ofc. 

[thepharoah 2,405]

I can't believe we're finally out of this circle or the 9th group like some people say 

[mrv86 3,138]

19 hours ago, bestmen said:

We also failed in africa  while we have many stars This WC is spécial ...why dont we organisé our own évent  of loosers with ITA ,USA,NED,Ghana..... .w'll call it paraWC

 

Seems like US soccer federation already "took" your idea

http://www.espnfc.us/united-states/story/3269935/us-soccer-exploring-pre-world-cup-matches-with-netherlands-italy

[Pavlo 141]

can anyone explain me how on earth we managed to top Denmark?;)

[Pavlo 141]

congrats and good luck to Australia

now rooting for Peru, don`t ask me why - i`m sentimental about them

[thepharoah 2,405]

For the 1st time in history 5 Asian teams qualify to WC and the 1st time an Asian team succeds to qualify from interconintal play-offs

[Wanderer 1,726]

Well, someone is sad because of Italy's failure, someone is not... but when they implement WC with 48 teams it would be impossible to fail. Qualifications may become boring

Edited November 15, 2017 by Wanderer

[MHSN 3,632]

38 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

For the 1st time in history 5 Asian teams qualify to WC and the 1st time an Asian team succeds to qualify from interconintal play-offs

 

the first part is true but this is not the first time AFC teams winning a playoff, Iran qualified against the same Australia (was an OFC member at the time) back in 1998 in the most memorable match of Iranian football history 

[thepharoah 2,405]

6 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

the first part is true but this is not the first time AFC teams winning a playoff, Iran qualified against the same Australia (was an OFC member at the time) back in 1998 in the most memorable match of Iranian football history 

Thanks for this info , I thought the first time Asian teams played intercontinental play-offs was when Iran also played Ireland in 2002 qualifiers 

[AmericanHero40 213]

6 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Well, someone is sad because of Italy's failure, someone is not... but when they implement WC with 48 teams it would be impossible to fail. Qualifications may become boring

 

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)

Edited November 15, 2017 by AmericanHero40
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