LDOG

No, the European OQT places are already locked for Slovenia and Portugal (or Austria in case Slovenia wins the title). Spain, Norway and Croatia will either win the title and qualify to Tokyo OR use their already secured world championship places to enter the OQT.

Ok, I take back what I said 1-55 Probably Uruguay was more focused in the game than and .

Ok, they are improving a little... 9-77

At OQT they will play France or Germany + Spain or Croatia + possibly Tunisia. The hardest qualifier for sure.

I don't know, I just like surprises.

Portugal qualified for OQT

10 minutes to go Portugal leading by 6! Hungary is out of everything with this result, at the very least they have to reduce the difference to 4 or less so they can still have chance for OQT. Slovenia is already in semis, of course.

Chile doesn't have any decent players under the age of 30. Venezuela the opposite, they have good young players. I don't think Chile is a lock to qualify in this long format.

I watched some goals and I'm pretty sure the bolivian players don't have anyone above 170cm in the team. And since this is a round robin they still have to play Brazil... Btw there was a big upset, Uruguay defeated Chile! Both will likely qualify anyway.

You're all watching the exciting European championship, but meanwhile in south america... 82-7

Portugal chances for OQT: -If Iceland beats Sweden, they will have to beat Hungary by 5 goals. -If Sweden beats Iceland, they simply have to beat Hungary by any margin. *important to note that Iceland-Sweden will be the last match, so Portugal has no option but try to beat Hungary by the biggest score possible. They won't be able to "defend" a 1-4 goal lead during the game.

Iceland has no chance if I'm not mistaken, their fate was sealed when they lost to Hungary by a good margin. Portugal will always be higher than them in head to head goal difference even if they beat Hungary by just one goal.

Madness.

I just noticed that North America has only one place for Wch, while South America has 4. I'm absolutely sure Cuba, Greenland and USA are all stronger than the 4th team from South America, let alone Gabon or Cabo Verde (one will qualify). Also Iran/Korea are much stronger than anyone in Africa below the 4 semifinalists. Ridiculous....

6 quota besides Egypt? lol

First results Group A 0 - 3 1 - 2 Group B 1 - 0 1 - 0

Meaningless. Those island nation will never improve because they simply don't have enough people. Only in rugby it would have any purpose.

Yes. Who would vote against anyway?

A lot of good players missing this tournament. I think I can make an entire XI of argentinian players denied by clubs. Honestly, I think anyone except Bolivia could qualify.

It's unbelievable that they didn't plan a 7th place game. Spain-Croatia-Germany are getting 1-2-3 for sure. The other 3 teams are too weak. I think Slovenia will be in semis, then maybe Hungary or Portugal will decide 7th place on points/GD against... Austria?

[hide] Main Round January 16th - January 22nd, 2020 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Group 1 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 16th 2020, h. 16:00 Spain 9 Czech Republic January 16th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 4 Austria January 16th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus 5 Germany January 18th 2020, h. 16:00 Belarus 1 Czech Republic January 18th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 6 Austria January 18th 2020, h. 20:30 Croatia 3 Germany January 20th 2020, h. 16:00 Croatia 6 Czech Republic January 20th 2020, h. 18:15 Belarus 10 Spain January 20th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria 7 Germany January 22nd 2020, h. 16:00 Croatia 2 Spain January 22nd 2020, h. 18:15 Belarus 2 Austria January 22nd 2020, h. 20:30 Czech Republic 9 Germany Group 2 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 17th 2020, h. 16:00 Slovenia 2 Iceland January 17th 2020, h. 18:15 Potugal 3 Sweden January 17th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway 4 Hungary January 19th 2020, h. 14:00 Slovenia 1 Hungary January 19th 2020, h. 16:15 Norway 1 Sweden January 19th 2020, h. 18:30 Potugal 2 Iceland January 21st 2020, h. 16:00 Norway 1 Iceland January 21st 2020, h. 18:15 Potugal 3 Slovenia January 21st 2020, h. 20:30 Hungary 5 Sweden January 22nd 2020, h. 16:00 Norway 2 Slovenia January 22nd 2020, h. 18:15 Potugal 2 Hungary January 22nd 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland 1 Sweden [/hide]

Talking about Joker... I watched the korean movie and it conveys the same message as Joker (strong criticism of meritocratic society) in a more subtle (and in my opinion stronger) way. But of course, Joker is about a popular comic book villian with an A-list Hollywood protagonist.

I feel like the people that say Joker is the BEST MOVIE EVAH is the same people outraged about Avengers Endgame getting only one nomination for the Oscars. Of course, saying Joker is mediocre is also silly. The truth is in between.

Yeah, the bad performance at the world cup last year actually helped Canada avoid this group. I was hoping that Cuba would win yesterday just so France would move to the other side. I was really mad when they collapsed