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pendusky: am sure soon fifa will make last four standing teams in each contiment Nation cup to qualify for world cup... Wldnt that be nice?

No, it wont be nice.

I thought there was some kind of automatic qualification for the team that won the nation's prior to world cup?

Andersonken: I thought carrying the nations cup automatically qualifies us to the world cup.

It doesn't, due to the fact that the AFCON takes place every 2 years, and the world cup every 4 years, it will simply be unfair to the teams that win after the world cup.

OP I dont think its fair enough 4 u 2 say d wrong team(countries) might end up qualifying 4 d world afta going thru all those stages as stated, 4 me who wil finally qualify deserve d kettle of fish, because futball and success equates preparation, determination, hardwork etc. Just like in 2006 dat Angola qualified ahead of naija, d truth is we dont deserve dat ticket, my opinion away.

Mad Cow: ok

eagle will make it

My super Eagles of now are capable of qualifying to the world cup...dem carry fire.

The OP shadrach77 was right, I've had the same fears too.

And Manibud, you must be one intelligent fellow. That your post was so so on point Kudos !

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Its about bloody time fifa allocted more slots in the world cup to Africa. Five countries out of 32 where Europe alone has 16, that's just unfair. Btw is concacaff still using invitee teams for their tournament? If they still do, Africa may have a shot of having an extra country in the WC.

tayoccu:
It doesn't, due to the fact that the AFCON takes place every 2 years, and the world cup every 4 years, it will simply be unfair to the teams that win after the world cup.

Life is unfair, the country that wins in a non-Wc year will not play in the confederations cup (eg Zambia). Not fair but nothing we can do about it. Besides euro cup takes place every 4 years. Why are they also playing world cup qualifiers too?

shadrach77: i stumbled upon the African World cup qualifying format. Here is it below

2014 World Cup qualifying

Five African nations will qualfy for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
There will be three rounds of qualifying.
The first round sees 24 teams trying to make it into the second round of competition, where there will be ten groups of four teams.
In the third round, the ten group winners play off over two legs to determine who will travel to Brazil.
The first legs will be played between 11-15 October 2013, while the second and decisive legs will take place on 15-19 November 2013.


it doesn't sound right to me. The wrong teams might end up qualifying for the world cup. I think the first two to top the second round group should be grouped into five groups of four each and the winner of each group goes to the world cup. This i feel would be more intensive and would bring out the best team in the continent other than the play off thing.

What are your thoughts ?

i think this is fair. the teams involved will situp and there not be too much matches to play. this will reduce player burnout

DobleO7: I thought there was some kind of automatic qualification for the team that won the nation's prior to world cup?

me too