Should have been more spots for UEFA. Less for Concacaf, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
World Cup 2026 - 48 teams
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You've got it the other way around. CONCACAF is the North American federation.
Don't know why UEFA just doens't get 18 teams so that the top 2 from each group qualifies automatically and therefor no need for playoffs there. Same could be said for the African qualification, bumping it up to 10 instead of 9. 6 teams from the CONCACAF is too much and 70% of the CONMEBOL could qualify.
AFC: 50% increase of guaranteed spots. 17,4% of the total teams in the qualifiers.
CAF: 80% increase. 17% of the total teams.
CONCACAF: 100% increase. 17,1% of the total teams.
CONMEBOL: 50% increase. 60% of the total teams.
OFC: From 0 to 1. 9% of the total teams.
UEFA: 23% increase. 30,7% of the total teams.
Take a spot from a team in the top 30 and give it to a team in the top 130. Ok then.
Lets not even bother with qualifications then. Top 48 ranked teams go through. Alternatively, let's not even bother with other teams. Invite the best teams from Europe and SA and let them battle it out.
Yea, that's what I was saying.
Yeah.
FIFA ranking top 48 countries representation:
Europe 26
Africa 9
CONMEBOL 8
CONCACAF 3
Asia 2
Oceania 0
People wanting to take spots from Europe and give them to fecking Asia and Oceania. This is a football world cup, not a carnival or a cultural festival.
Europe 26
Africa 9
CONMEBOL 8
CONCACAF 3
Asia 2
Oceania 0
People wanting to take spots from Europe and give them to fecking Asia and Oceania. This is a football world cup, not a carnival or a cultural festival.
Farcical.
If this includes the host nation, what happens if New Zealand is the host? Do the other oceania teams not take part in qualifying?
If this doesn't include the host, these are 46 teams + 2 teams that qualify from the playoffs. No automatic qualifying spot for the hosts?
Yes, it's a World cup. Not the Euros.
Automatic qualifying spot for the host, one less spot for everyone else in that confederation.
So if New Zealand were to ever stage a World Cup that would mean OFC would get 0 guaranteed and 2 playoff spots; that's what teams would be fighting for.
Why should OFC get 2 guaranteed spots? The entire region has 17 million inhabitants.
I'd rather see Tahiti in the World Cup than another European team that simply coasted through qualification because it's harder to not qualify.
Oh ok, so basically NZ always qualify, unless some pacific island hosts the WC.
But what happens if two island nations in the pacific decide to host the WC?
You want Turkey (ranked 16th in Europe, 26th overall) to be replaced by Tahiti (ranked 2nd in Oceania, 149th overall). Fantastic logic.
Why not? Would be nice to have different teams in there. 2 from one continent seems fair. They have less than 1 right now ffs
High five, @Akash 
Btw, I count 46 countries in that tweet. Host is one missing, what's the other one...previous winner?
Btw, I count 46 countries in that tweet. Host is one missing, what's the other one...previous winner?
I was wondering if Turkey would consider joining the AFC now...they'd qualify for the World Cup each time.
Lets all laugh at Australia.
High five, @Akash
Btw, I count 46 countries in that tweet. Host is one missing, what's the other one...previous winner?
Playoffs between 6 teams, as explained on the previous page...
Yes. My logic is I want to see teams from around the world.
That would be horrible ..I would dread to think how dull the first few rounds would be.... then how dull the rest of it would be too i suppose
It's like sticking ten non league teams in the premiership just to get more games
Missed that, thank you.
So how many spots should India get? They're a sub-continent and their population is 100 times bigger.
Why give Oceania any places at all then? While we're at it, Asia's nations are pretty lowly in the ranking tables, and don't get me started on Concacaf.
Europe 38
South America 7
Africa 2
Host 1
Proper.
South America 7
Africa 2
Host 1
Proper.
Are you being stupid? You brought population into it. Not me.
WORLD cup ftw.
Screw it. Let's just make the world cup a one-off final between the European Cup and Copa America winners. The rest of the world can take part in a competition to see which country gets to provide the officials.
Edit: I should point out that I know you were kidding and I was just joining in. I didn't think that was necessary until I saw the poster above take you seriously.
Indian sub continent contains 6 countries. India is just a one country, get your fact rights before making a point.
Just foolin' around. In complete agreement with you.
I know. I bet New Zealand are laughing their asses of at Autralia right about now
Quite colourful! Like it a lot.
So in terms of CONCACAF no more Hex since all 6 teams now get in.
Is there anything stopping them going back to Oceania with their tail between their legs? Or is the extra money and better competition they face on a more regular basis still worth their while.
Why have they been allowed to just switch associations?
I'm pointing out that your argument that regions should get automatic spots just because they make up a continent is flawed.
And for the record I do like a more diverse lineup, I'm just wondering what the ideal setup would be.
If it were up to me I'd let Asia and Oceania qualify together and I'd merge the American confederations. That would guarantee a proper world cup and a good Oceanian team would still have a good chance to get one of those 9 or 10 spots for that region.
Dunno about the specifics. One of the reasons they went there was because the OFC qualification was a joke and very tough to get to the WC aide from the quality angle. There's also the fact that Asian teams don't really like Australia so it might happen.