Women's Football FIFA World Cup 2019

[phelps 8,695]

10 hours ago, EselTheDonkey said:

 

Didn't help China 2007, Germany 2011 or Canada 2015. They all lost in the quarter finals.

 

fair to hope it will happen again...

[OlympicsFan 860]

7 out of 8 teams in the quarterfinal are from Europe + Denmark isnt even here + Spain only lost against USA thanks to a late penalty, but somehow someone still thought that Europe only deserves 3 spots at the olympics ... complete insanity!

Europe should have at least 6 spots:

- Host (Japan)

- Oceania (Australia)

- 3 Americas (USA, Brazil, Canada)

- Asia (China)

- 6 Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Italy/Norway/Denmark/Spain)

[OlympicsFan 860]

11 hours ago, dcro said:

Don't forget that France is hosting this thing. I'm sure that EVERYTHING will be in their favor, if need be.

Yeah ... that is why the draw was rigged ... someone thought that USA would be the easiest possible opponent for France in the quarterfinal ...

[OlympicsFan 860]

10 hours ago, Monzanator said:

France vs USA should be Bibiana Steinhaus as ref since it's the non-German QF half as well. Anything else would be totally suspicious.

I dont think you can doubt every referee simply based on nationality, but if you argue like that, then even Steinhaus could be "suspicious":

If USA wins, then olympic qualification will be easier for Germany ...

[EselTheDonkey 838]

11 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

I dont think you can doubt every referee simply based on nationality, but if you argue like that, then even Steinhaus could be "suspicious":

If USA wins, then olympic qualification will be easier for Germany ...

 

This is exactly why I think this match shouldn't have a referee from a european country that's still in the Competition.

[Monzanator 5,113]

6 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

7 out of 8 teams in the quarterfinal are from Europe + Denmark isnt even here + Spain only lost against USA thanks to a late penalty, but somehow someone still thought that Europe only deserves 3 spots at the olympics ... complete insanity!

Europe should have at least 6 spots:

- Host (Japan)

- Oceania (Australia)

- 3 Americas (USA, Brazil, Canada)

- Asia (China)

- 6 Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Italy/Norway/Denmark/Spain)

 

That someone is IOC and they always promote continental diversity over strenght of the event. That's why table tennis has only two athlete per nation quota for instance, otherwise China would have send like 5 men (who are all ranked in Top 7 of the world rankings) and then it would be a medal sweep one Games after another. Yes, UEFA is the strongest football federation but it doesn't matter. IOC will never allow 8 UEFA teams, 2 CONCACAF & 2 Asian just because it's the strongest potential line-up.

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

Yeah, the Olympics has always been about trying to achieve a balance between having the top athletes/teams and having a diverse group of competitors. At best you can argue that the African/South America play-off should be reallocated to Europe. The other option is to have one quota for each continent (+ host) and have the other five be decided in a secondary tournament.

[LDOG 2,477]

hace 7 horas, OlympicsFan dijo:

7 out of 8 teams in the quarterfinal are from Europe + Denmark isnt even here + Spain only lost against USA thanks to a late penalty, but somehow someone still thought that Europe only deserves 3 spots at the olympics ... complete insanity!

Europe should have at least 6 spots:

- Host (Japan)

- Oceania (Australia)

- 3 Americas (USA, Brazil, Canada)

- Asia (China)

- 6 Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Italy/Norway/Denmark/Spain)

 

Australia isn't part of Oceania in football. 

[Olympian1010 8,297]

8 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

7 out of 8 teams in the quarterfinal are from Europe + Denmark isnt even here + Spain only lost against USA thanks to a late penalty, but somehow someone still thought that Europe only deserves 3 spots at the olympics ... complete insanity!

Europe should have at least 6 spots:

- Host (Japan)

- Oceania (Australia)

- 3 Americas (USA, Brazil, Canada)

- Asia (China)

- 6 Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Italy/Norway/Denmark/Spain)

I like this system:

3 Americas (USA, Canada, Brazil/Argentina)

Oceania (New Zealand)

Host (obviously)

3 Asia

3 Europe

1 Last Chance tournament/or best non-qualified team based on world ranking.

 

Im so tired of everything being Euro-centric.

[EselTheDonkey 838]

Poor Africa.

 

By the way:

 

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 The other option is to have one quota for each continent (+ host) and have the other five be decided in a secondary tournament.

 

This is by far the fairest solution.