World Cup 2022

[Primo Carnera]

Well the fact of the matter is that if you go by the numbers (percentage-wise), Africa... as does Asia and CONCACAF... gets relatively screwed on the number of World Cup qualifiers. (So ol' Denny does have a point).
The percentages favor Europe and South America.

I still think Europe and SA fight it out over the "Continental World Cup"... while Asia brings up the rear.

Seriously though... makes you wonder why the uneven percentages between continents. It's not like the sport isn't popular globally.

I think the proportions are pretty fair. I don’t mean to be rude, but historically African nations never had any kind of structured set up . Fuck me , I remember 59 years ago when Zaire didn’t even know the rules of the game at that famous free kick where the guy runs out of the wall and boots the ball away!
For all the bullshit , there are only 8 teams that have ever won the World Cup. 5 from Europe and 3 from South America.

[Mark TKO]

Tournament will completely change once we expand to the ridiculous 48 teams format.

You'll probably see it held more frequently too.

I hope Qatar get pummeled their 3 group games too.

[TitoFan]

Well the fact of the matter is that if you go by the numbers (percentage-wise), Africa... as does Asia and CONCACAF... gets relatively screwed on the number of World Cup qualifiers. (So ol' Denny does have a point).
The percentages favor Europe and South America.

I still think Europe and SA fight it out over the "Continental World Cup"... while Asia brings up the rear.

Seriously though... makes you wonder why the uneven percentages between continents. It's not like the sport isn't popular globally.

I think the proportions are pretty fair. I don’t mean to be rude, but historically African nations never had any kind of structured set up . Fuck me , I remember 59 years ago when Zaire didn’t even know the rules of the game at that famous free kick where the guy runs out of the wall and boots the ball away!
For all the bullshit , there are only 8 teams that have ever won the World Cup. 5 from Europe and 3 from South America.

You're not being rude.

But 9% of the 54 African FIFA-member nations get to qualify, while a whopping 45% of South American and 25% of European countries get to do so?

In both Asia and North/Central America + Caribbean (CONCACAF) it's 10%.

No biggie. I mean, I love to see the likes of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia make it... as they traditionally field good teams.

But I can see where those other continents might have a valid complaint.

Big picture, I usually like the mix of countries in the tournament. But the scale is slightly tipped in favor of the S American and European countries.

Not a tragedy, but something that could probably be tweaked over time.

[Master]

Poland, Portugal and Senegal through but Egypt out.

[Mark TKO]

I get what you're saying Tito but isn't the idea that you should get your best 32 teams there at the finals?

Europe has the best football teams by far and many miss out. Let's face it the euros are basically the world Cup without Brazil and Argentina when it comes to the business end of the tournaments.

No idea what the split is intended to be when it goes to 48 countries.

[TitoFan]

I get what you're saying Tito but isn't the idea that you should get your best 32 teams there at the finals?

Europe has the best football teams by far and many miss out. Let's face it the euros are basically the world Cup without Brazil and Argentina when it comes to the business end of the tournaments.

No idea what the split is intended to be when it goes to 48 countries.

When you look at the FIFA world rankings, it supports your point. If you look at # of countries in the top 32 FIFA rankings versus how many qualifiers they get, it looks something like this:

FIFA Confederation - # of qualifiers - # of countries in top 32

UEFA - 13 - 16

CONMEBOL - 4.5 - 6

CONCACAF - 3.5 - 3

CAF - 5 - 4

AFC - 4.5 - 3

So actually, Europe and S America are technically underrepresented in the World Cup, while the others are slightly overrepresented.

[Mark TKO]

Cheers for that - good stat. Again will be interesting to see how the further 16 places are allocated.

By the way I was on my phone and accidentally hit dislike rather than like. No idea how to reverse it

[TitoFan]

Hey no sweat

Well if they use the current rankings (top 32) as a basis... it would mean the extra 16 places would be allocated as such:

Europe - 8
S America - 3
Africa - 2
CONCACAF - 1.5
Asia - 1.5

[Denilson3.0]

I get what you're saying Tito but isn't the idea that you should get your best 32 teams there at the finals?

Europe has the best football teams by far and many miss out. Let's face it the euros are basically the world Cup without Brazil and Argentina when it comes to the business end of the tournaments.

No idea what the split is intended to be when it goes to 48 countries.

When you look at the FIFA world rankings, it supports your point. If you look at # of countries in the top 32 FIFA rankings versus how many qualifiers they get, it looks something like this:

FIFA Confederation - # of qualifiers - # of countries in top 32

UEFA - 13 - 16

CONMEBOL - 4.5 - 6

CONCACAF - 3.5 - 3

CAF - 5 - 4

AFC - 4.5 - 3

So actually, Europe and S America are technically underrepresented in the World Cup, while the others are slightly overrepresented.

You have an opinion on everything you don't ya ?

How's the giants of football (Soccer) Puerto Rico doing these days ?

I'll wait

[TitoFan]

I get what you're saying Tito but isn't the idea that you should get your best 32 teams there at the finals?

Europe has the best football teams by far and many miss out. Let's face it the euros are basically the world Cup without Brazil and Argentina when it comes to the business end of the tournaments.

No idea what the split is intended to be when it goes to 48 countries.

When you look at the FIFA world rankings, it supports your point. If you look at # of countries in the top 32 FIFA rankings versus how many qualifiers they get, it looks something like this:

FIFA Confederation - # of qualifiers - # of countries in top 32

UEFA - 13 - 16

CONMEBOL - 4.5 - 6

CONCACAF - 3.5 - 3

CAF - 5 - 4

AFC - 4.5 - 3

So actually, Europe and S America are technically underrepresented in the World Cup, while the others are slightly overrepresented.

You have an opinion on everything you don't ya ? Yes I do. Would you like to hear my opinion on other topics?

How's the giants of football (Soccer) Puerto Rico doing these days ? We don't DO soccer. We do boxing, baseball, and basketball.

I'll wait

Sorry I couldn't back up your racist views with facts... but then it's tough to defend viewpoints that always center around racism... real or perceived.