Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2026

[JoshMartini007 2,762]

Should have placed the UEFA play-off teams in Pot 3, would have made things a lot fairer

[bestmen 2,898]

So our Group will be : 

 

   

[bestmen 2,898]

don't put me with LDOG , they score with hands 

[avlar 453]

5 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Should have placed the UEFA play-off teams in Pot 3, would have made things a lot fairer

FIFA did the same mistake in 1986.

 

They placed Denmark to pot - 4. And as a result got the group: West Germany, Scotland, Uruguay, Denmark.

[Siddhartha Talukdar 242]

3 hours ago, avlar said:

FIFA did the same mistake in 1986.

 

They placed Denmark to pot - 4. And as a result got the group: West Germany, Scotland, Uruguay, Denmark.

Till 2014, draws used to be based on continental zones. Since 2018 pots are based on rankings so groups could be more balanced. But rankings can never be accurate unless nations from inter-continents play more competitive matches. Also, suddenly if a lower ranked team nation gets decent players like Norway or a higher ranked team have lesser quality players like Italy who are ranked 10th right now

[Monzanator 4,768]

3 hours ago, avlar said:

FIFA did the same mistake in 1986.

 

They placed Denmark to pot - 4. And as a result got the group: West Germany, Scotland, Uruguay, Denmark.

The thing is Denmark was non-existent in World Cup or Euros before 1986. So would you give UEFA a free wild card because it's UEFA and one assume Europe is the strongest continent in football numbers-wise? (CONMEBOL is obviously the other 'strong' federation if only they have 5-6 contending teams whereas Europe can claim ca, 15-20). I'm OK with the UEFA playoff teams being relegated to the Haiti & Curacao pot level.

[JoshMartini007 2,762]

12 minutes ago, Siddhartha Talukdar said:

Till 2014, draws used to be based on continental zones. Since 2018 pots are based on rankings so groups could be more balanced. But rankings can never be accurate unless nations from inter-continents play more competitive matches. Also, suddenly if a lower ranked team nation gets decent players like Norway or a higher ranked team have lesser quality players like Italy who are ranked 10th right now

There isn't a perfect way to create pots. The continental zone pots were unfair to the non-seeded South American teams and Mexico/United States as more often than not they were put into the Group of Death. At least now it gives all nations a fair chance to be placed in a strong or weak group

[Monzanator 4,768]

17 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

There isn't a perfect way to create pots. The continental zone pots were unfair to the non-seeded South American teams and Mexico/United States as more often than not they were put into the Group of Death. At least now it gives all nations a fair chance to be placed in a strong or weak group

Random trivia fact, except Tomasz Radzinski (Polish heritage and all that) the first Canadian football (soccer) player I've ever heard of was Randy Samuel (he played in England in the early 90s). He was in fact on the 1986 World Cup squad hehe.

[hoversaBR 613]

It makes no sense that Argentina has to face Italy while Germany faces, let's say, Curaçao, for example. Every seeded team should face at least one weak opponent in their group. 

Edited November 26 by hoversaBR

[bestmen 2,898]

What do you think italy is !! They have hands ,feets , head just like you