NEW 48 spots for FIFA WC 2026

CONCACAF needs no more than 4.5

Asia and Africa do not need that many trash squads making it in either

>>74956884
>The WC will be ruined in your lifetime
Thanks, FIFA jews

Can't wait to see Burkina Faso draw 0-0 with Uzbekistan because the best third placed teams go through.

why do they think more teams are needed? plenty of shit teams make it every year anyway, no need to dilute the quality even further

>>74956884
>AFC: 8
>CAF: 9
>New Zealand basically getting a guaranteed spot
Nah, fuck off

Infantino a shit

>>74956957
Because football in the last 40 years has dramatically increased in popularity.

The unnoficial reason is money, which we all know is the real official reason anyway. Poor FIFA officials need to make legit money now, no obvious bribing until the dust settles in

>>74956884
>Conmebol only gets one more spot
To be fair, Conmebol only has 10 countries, with 7 or 8 spots we might as well just have Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru play each other for the final spot.

>>74956957
They just want a sure way for China to make it to the World Cup for all their extra money

>>74957028

I wish the Chinese would actually start spending money on developing some of their 1.5 billion people into serviceable talent

rather than giving Tevez 5 billion dollars

>>74957067
That's the start though, you guys did the same thing on MLS getting Beckham, Henry and now Schweinsteiger. It increases popularity, kids go to football academies, stadiums get.built and bam, football takes over

>>74956996
All you had to do sepp, was give usa the 2022 wc instead of qatar, now everything is ruined.
Good fucking job.

>>74957028
They wouldn't even make it with the extra spots. They're behind Syria in qualification.

>>74956884
>17 teams from Asia & Africa

Yeah, no. The quality drop off from top 3 in AFC is pretty massive, and I'm sure the drop off is just as bad in CAF.

>>74957181
>I'm sure the drop off is just as bad in CAF.
There are at least a few solid African teams. Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast (Though they've been a bit shit since Drogba retired), Algeria and Cameroon. But yeah, nothing that should give them more spots than CONMEBOL, because after those teams it gets really shitty.

Disgusting.

I liked Infantino back when he was fondling heated balls, but now hell no
fuck him and the moneygrubbers at FIFA

Give me a reason why the World Cup shouldn't only have UEFA+Conmebol teams, plus a few from Concacaf, Japan and Australia.

>>74957209
CAF does have more members, 55 compared to 10 from Conmebol though.

But since there are 2 more spots from a qualification tourney that will replace the 0.5 spot system then it should prove the supposed CONMEBOL superiority, getting them all the time from now on. We all know the lowest tier are Venezuela and Bolivia, and they could face and defeat the worst from the other Confederations.

Or at least we think so, it could be just arrogance

>>74957248
Shekels

>>74957281
Conmebol has the best weak teams of all confederations. Bolivia could easily destroy San Marino, Aruba, Nepal and Botswana by at least five goals each, and this is without the altitude. I don't even mention any OFC team because those are literally a bunch of lost islands in the middle of fucking nowhere.

>>74956884
Oh boy, I sure can't wait for that Zimbabwe-Bangladesh match

>>74956957
Money and power

If you had paid attention in the past, every FIFA official trying to get elected kept promising more world cup spots to Africa, Asia, and North America
FIFA still has its one federation one vote so most of the power isn't in Europe but the other federations

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Sounds good to me, I've always wanted:

Phillippines
China
Malaysia
Canada

To be in the World Cup.

Fuck you Brazilian scum.

>>74957423
OFC went from 0.5 to 1

>CONCACAF: 6
>CONMEBOL: 6

That's what you get for chatting shit, Sudacas

Uruguay will still end up sixth

Here's to Sierra Leone vs Peru

What a dream tie

>>74957513
wew
From old to new:

AFC: 4.5 -> 8 = +77%
>(old 10% of AFC got into WC, new 17%)
CAF: 5 -> 9 = +80%
>(old 9% of CAF got into WC, new 16% )
CONCACAF: 3.5 -> 6 = +71%
>(old 10% of CONCACAF got into WC, new 17%)
CONMEBOL: 4.5 > 6 = +33%
>(old 45% of CONMEBOL got into WC, new 60%)
OFC: 0.5 -> 1 = +100%
>(old 4,5% of OFC get into WC, new 9%)
UEFA: 13 -> 16 = +23%
>(old 23% of UEFA got into WC, new 29%)

I am sure there are mistakes here.

-less pointless group games
-more knockouts means potentially more upsets
-more meme countries
if you don't want to watch Phillippines vs honduras then don't watch it.

>>74956957
China to the WC (partly the reason of Korea-Japan)
More votes (support from shit teams all around)
Even more power to Europe

>>74957248
The way it is now is perfect.

Why exactly did we hate Blatter again? He didn't even want the 2022 WC to be in Qatar

This is so unfair Conmebol is by far the hardest confederation and they just give us one more spot?

>>74957608
They should give more half spots to Conmebol

They won't because even Bolivia would trash teams like Panama, Jordania and Guinea Bassou

>>74957603
Because people thought he was corrupt. And he probably was. But it looks like he was holding back worse corruption, by playing along. He was the hero FIFA deserved.

Should be

24 UEFA
6 CONMEBOL
4 CONCACAF
1 OFC
5 AFC
5 CAF

Hosts and the previous winners auto qualify also.

Last thing we need in the world cup is 9 nigger teams with Victor Oogabooga enforcing midfield kicking the shit out of everything that moves

>>74957629
They are eliminating the half spot system, it's getting replaced by the mini tournament for 2 spots. If Bolivians are better than San Marino, Australia and so on then they should be getting a spot there

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>mfw australia returns to ofc to cuck new zealand out of a world cup spot forever

>>74957735
It probably won't be Bolivia but Peru-Paraguay-Ecuador

They have to play against the two best ranked teams in FIFA, but considering it would be a 47+ rank team I don't think it'll be hard

Also I wonder what happens if those two teams from the power rankings come from the same federation, and then another from that federation ends up first or second in said tournament. Could we get 8 Conmebol teams?

it sucks, because conmebol should literally have 8 spots if the real case was for skilled teams.

you see what happens when the english are cast aside to let all the banana republics and corrupt nations in on it? this is post-rhodesia zimbwawe tier FIFA, and you know its solely due to the voting system, now madagascar and bangladesh will be happy.

and most important of all, now not every world cup match will be must-watch. which will result in less interest in the world cup. if games like new zealand/slovakia were not 100% full, imagine the new wave of uzbekistan vs bulgaria.

>CONCACAF
>6

We are literally not even good enough nor populous enough to warrant that many spots.

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>16 places for euro teams at world cup
>24 at euros

And im still hearing people come up with "hurr durr cant wait to see the Faroe island's play Kazakhstan in the world cup

Even if the euros didn't change, it would still be equaly difficult to qualify for each.

Kys dumb cunts

>>74957919
No, but the many caribbean islands give a lot of free votes and extra bribes for corrupt FIFA officers.

>>74957958
>Albania v Romania
>Wales v Slovakia
>Ukranie v North Ireland
>Iceland v Austria

Great matches bro

>>74957969
on fox sports the (((mexicans))) were commenting how bad the pitch in trinidiad was when jack warner had embezzled millions of dollars for him and his friends. and they will had bad facilities at their stadium and a pitch with holes in it

>>74956884
so basically it'd be as if Panama, USA, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras and Costa Rica already qualified?

>>74958093
It'll be in 9 years, there only ones sure to stay at the top are Mexico, the US and maybe Costa Rica.

>>74958093
Yes. Starting from 2026 the WC group stage will be shit tier

what a shit show

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Here's how it actually should be

Host country
12 UEFA
4.5 CONMEBOL
4.5 CAF
3.5 CONCACAF
2.5 Western half of AFC (Middle East/Central Asia/Indian subcontinent)
2.5 Eastern half of AFC (East Asia/ASEAN/Australia)
1.5 for OFC

Every half spot = intercontinental playoffs

>>74956884
better distribution of 48 spots:

UEFA: 24
CONMEBOL: 8
CONCACAF: 4
AFC: 5
CAF: 6
OFC: 1

>>74957594
It's like you didn't watch the euro cup

>>74958483
To be fair, the Euro got a lot better once it got to the knockout stages.

Italy vs Spain was the best match I saw last year.

>>74958385
>CONMEBOL 8

We only have 10 members, that would mean qualifiers go straight to shit tier because there wouldn't be a necessity to actually make efforts to get in.

Games of C and D squad would be normal and the overall quality of the NT's would drop significantly, concacaf tier

>>74957720
>24 UEFA teams

>after the boring shitshow of 2016 Euros having to watch irrelevant small teams park the bus in every game.

Fuck that.

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>Three extra UEFA spots
>Scotland still won't qualify

I can't wait

>>74957360
Obviously, literally every CONMEBOL team would qualify from any other confederation except UEFA

>>74958580
the quality drop after top few teams in asia, africa and north america is too large to give them anymore spots and 24 is about the point european teams start getting memetic

>>74958591
so you'd rather watch even more boring and even more irrelevant teams from other parts of the world?

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World Cup should remain a thirty-two teams affair, same goes for the Euro and the number sixteen.

>>74958591
>hurrr durr parking the bus

They were at least good at it and there were several surprises. World Cup is already half full of 8-0 games with every fucking ching chong dictatorship playing with players who have never seen a ball before.

>>74956884
Its going to suck because to be realistic we are going to be too old to enjoy shitposting about Trinidad y Tobago vs Malaysia

Are they not put off by the continual shit performance of multiple third world teams in world cups? Cameroon and Honduras haven't earned a point in 6 games over the last 2 world cups, how are DR Congo and Panama going to look?

>>74958815
lmao if you think they care about anything but shekels in their pockets

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>>74957789
>New Zealand's face when they thought they would be getting a free ticket to every World Cup
>New Zealand's face when they still do worse than Tahiti in Qualifying

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>>74956949

>>74956980
Just saying man, New Guinea have been getting better overr the days and may clinch the spot!

>>74958049
To be fair, Iceland vs Austria actually was a good match to watch. But your point still stands.

>>74956884
>CONCACAF 6
>CONMEBOL 6

Is this a joke?

>AFC 8
>CAF 9

nah fuck off.

>>74959715
NZ lost their regional cup to Tahiti a few years ago. If OFC gets guaranteed 1 spot there's every chance you could see one of those meme islands who are genuinely on par or worse than San Marino. Remember Tahiti at the confederations cup in 2013 where they lost 10-0, 8-0 and 6-1

>>74958815
This. Shit teams like Spain, Italy and England that were not even able of going out of the group stage in 2014 don't deserve a spot in the WC

>>74959808
I thought the same thing regarding CONCACAF and CONMEBOL getting 6 slots, but at the same time anons have been raising good points about how giving CONMEBOL 7+ slots could decrease quality in the qualifiers. I could realistically see most of the teams playing shittier because they know they'll qualify as long as they beat Bolivia and Venezuela. What do you think, Urubro?

>>74956884
Don't host that shit here, hand it over to the chinks like the olympics.

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>>74961214

>>74957526
>CONCASHIT: 0
>CONMEGODS: 7

>>74958667
Most of those teams won't just park the bus in a boring fashion like Hungary or Albania did.

>>74960551
You clearly underestimate how South Americans despise losing to each other on football

>>74956884
>CONCACAF: 6
>CONMEBOL: 6
Triggered

>>74961544
Those are bipartial, like Brazil-Argentina, Chile-Perú. Brazil wouldn't mind sending their Z squad with only sub-23 for testing purposes after they get enough points to be qualified.

6 spots for CONMEBOL is in the sweet spot, more than that competition goes down

>>74961577
CAF>AFC>CONCACAF=CONMEBOL

>>74957151
>>74957151
Usa 2022 WC would be like Mexico hosting It, kepp it spic i dont want it anymore

>>74961937
HAHA

Do you think they'll ever admit to the error of their ways and get rid of the idea?

Or wait for the viewing figures to tank for the group stages and then go back to the old format in the next one?

>>74964512
If China makes it then the views won't go down.

>the last decent world cup won't be decent at all
Thanks, FIFA.

>>74958719
Underrated post

How many more games with 48 teams? Will it finally beat the 24 team '94 USA World Cup?

>>74958719
meh i'll be 28

Wew this is going to make qualifying super easy. It's been super entertaining watching us play 0-2 down. Now it will be meaningless as we will no matter what qualify.

More African teams I'm ok with really but the number for Asia and North America is ridiculous.
Should have been 40 tops.

>>74958237
>giving OFC more than 0.5

>>74964614
>that comment coming from an OFC nation

Not sure if low self esteem or incredibly realistic and objective

Will Finland be able to qualify to a WC with this format?

Gee I wonder who's getting the last 2 spots in the playoffs
>Peru and Paraguay
>Haiti and Guatemala
>North Korea and Syria
>Albania and Slovenia
>Togo and Zimbabwe
>Tahiti and Papua New Guinea

>>74964662
Papua New Guinea is pretty shit. They prefer rugby and cricket.

Then again most of Oceania prefers rugby. Pacific Islanders are too fat for football.

>>74964626
Australia left OFC because we were dominating all the time. We even won a game 31-0 in qualifiers.

And in a proper world cup a lot would have to go right for Australia to get out of the Group Stage.

>>74964684
oooooooh, silly me.

I learned something new :)

>>74956980
Nigga even in this config we cannot be guarenteed a spot, get the fuck out of here. OFC should have two spots.

We've been cucked by FIFA too hard for too long.

Scotland will still not qualify lol

disgusting

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I want Canada to play again in a world cup

>>74957463
Well at least you got something to look forward to, seeing as you won't qualify anyway.

>>74958049
Sidenote: The stoppage time goal in Iceland-Austria made Portugal EC winners.
If they had just drawn, Iceland would have finished 3rd and would have gone to the easy side of the bracket instead of Portugal.

>>74965360

Neither will Wales.

>>74965555

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>mfw Canada may take part of the WC

Just think about this shit, group phase will be a a shit fest, it may happen because of luck that 4 good teams in the group phase must fight for 2 spot and the same time nigeria and new zeland are passing the group phase in another group

>>74965401
me too but we wouldnt qualify if there was 60 spots.

>>74965632
good. I do not lose hope that Canada will one day play again in a World Cup.

They should get rid of (insert spots) for (insert confederation). It should be the 32 best teams, if that happens to be 32 teams from europe then so be it. Isnt this tournament supposed to decide which country is the best? Why are they awarding spots to shit teams like Cameroon when teams excluded from the tournament are better then them.

>>74965648
one day! hope im alive to see it

Concacaf and Conmebol should be fused in one, but with 14 spots, taking 1 extra spot each from AFC and CAF

>>74965664
I know Canada will improve their soccer level in the future.


Never lose hope, Canadian Soccer fans

>>74964662
Peru and Paraguay, they are on a level close to Mexico, Peru just won against Uruguay.

Have CONMEBOL relegate their 2 worst to CONCACAF and then just have an 8 team round robin for the rest of eternity.

>>74964553

Fuuuuuuckkkkkk this sucks.

>>74965656
>hating on Cameroon
AFCON winners desu

If Russia had 48 teams we would have something like this.

Playoff
Peru vs (Uganda vs Tahiti)
Sweden vs (China vs Guatemala)

Pot 1
Russia
France
Switzerland
Germany
Poland
England
Spain
Belgium
Croatia
Portugal
Italy
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Uruguay

Pot 2
Serbia
Iceland
Ireland
Slovakia
North Ireland
Sweden (playoff)
New Zealand
DR Congo
Nigeria
Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Tunisia
Cameroon
Morocco
South Africa

Pot 3
Ecuador
Peru (playoff)
Mexico
Costa Rica
Panama
United States
Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago
Iran
South Korea
Uzbekistan
Syria
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Australia
United Arab Emirates

>>74956884
This is horrible. God help us.
>mfw at least Mexico will play the fifth game
>mfw we still out in round of 8th

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>>74956884
>AFC: 8
>CAF: 9

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>>74965894

>Pot 1
>England
>Pot 2
>Iceland

>>74965503
Very good

>>74965894
And in groups

A Russia / Cameroon / UAE
B Portugal / Burkina Faso / Honduras
C France / Egypt / South Korea
D Italy / DR Congo / Iran
E Spain / South Africa / Ecuador
F Switzerland / N. Zealand / Japan
G Colombia / N. Ireland / Uzbekistan
H Croatia / Nigeria / T and Tobago
I Argentina / Ireland / Australia
J Germany / Morocco / Costa Rica
K Chile / Serbia / Saudi Arabia
L Belgium / Tunisia / Peru
M Brazil / Slovakia / Syria
N Uruguay / Sweden / United States
O England / Ivory Coast / Panama
P Poland / Iceland / Mexico

>>74966010
Make it stop.

Please make it stop. I want it to be the 2000s again, when football was actually fun

>>74965894
>>74966010
>all UEFA sides would be drawn from 1 pot
>Ceferin/Rummenigge weren't getting more than 16 teams (probably asked for other favours)
>Infantino, Mr. Inclusivity, could have asked for UEFA sides to kept separate (UEFA did)
>there's a fucking group P (has one too many UEFA sides in it)
>GROUP P

E.g. if 2026 is hosted by the US then Sweden (or any other side from UEFA) won't be in the play-offs. Instead concacrap get 6 (including hosts) + 2 play-off spots. Instead of Sweden it's something like Haiti.

>Peru v. (China v. Guatemala)
>Uganda v. (Haiti v. Tahiti)
>sort of shite

>>74965327

>OFC
>Two Spots

'no'

>>74966402
>UEFA
>16 spots

Why.

>>74966433

Put it this way, San Marino would actually pick up ranking points if they played in the OFC.

>>74966543
Low tier competition when

>>74966023
>football will never be good again
feels bad

They should lower it to 16 teams. 4 South America (Brazil, Chile, Argie and Uragay), 11 Europe and 1 Rest of the world (Japan, Aussie or an African country).

Would be much more enjoyable.

>>74957109
China doesn't need to make it so complicated, though. Just tell people to force their kids to play, out of all those, a few are bound to become good