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Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by robosky02(m): 9:45am On Jan 11, 2017 |
@ bettercreature where you are getting it wrong is that its STILL a project infantino is selling to the FIFA executive board. it has NOT been implemented. when the idea for 48 team first hit the news people doubted it till NOW there is unanimous acceptance. also in the proposal he has favoured the BULK of the additional team coming from Africa and Asia with a proposal additional 4 to Africa total 9. so in the proposal AFRICA HAS 9 SLOT. but of course other continents especially Europe will want more that's were it stands. besides the world cup has not been played why arguing or do you think they will plan to expand WITHOUT figuring out who gets what? I agree some will want to muzzle the plan to favour them |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by colossus91(m): 9:46am On Jan 11, 2017 |
meanwhile if its not money..........
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Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by CRAPHA96(m): 10:24am On Jan 11, 2017 |
histemple:are u forgetting about the incredible germany vs Brazil 7:0 |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by safarigirl(f): 1:39pm On Jan 11, 2017 |
CFCman:it's almost ten years away though. So, these talents may not exist by then. Aubameyang may be gone by then for instance |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by olorius1(m): 2:02pm On Jan 11, 2017 |
Na so! Up fifa |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 3:04pm On Jan 11, 2017 |
heykims: What do you mean by Africa being considered above all other continents? Africa got 4 additional slots, same with Asia. And Europe got 3 additional slots (with the host getting one free slot), and considering that an European nation would host the tourney over 50% of the time, this translate into a 3.5 new slots for Europe. Truth is, with 13 slots, Europe doesn't even need any additional slots. They are already over represented. And considering that Africa has almost 50% more federations than all the other continents; hence, Africa is still under represented. All in all, the whole expansion is silly. It's a shell game. It still wouldn't improve Africa's chances of winning the World Cup. This was just done for monetary reasons and to appease naive soccer fans. O pari |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by Akanbiedu(m): 7:44am On Jan 12, 2017 |
Icon79: Right. It actually would reduce Africa's chances of winning. |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by kechywillz(m): 7:50am On Jan 12, 2017 |
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Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 6:17pm On Jan 12, 2017 |
Akanbiedu: Tell me about it. That's what you get when you have a bunch he-goats who are only after lining their own pockets representing you at FIFA. How do you justify Africa having the same number of reps as Asia? And they would tell us that Africa hasn't performed too well enough to merit more reps. How can we perform wonders when our strongest teams, whether they are Nigeria, CIV, Ghana, Algeria, or Cameroun, tend to always find themselves in the group of death? Watch out, Nigeria would be in the group of death if we qualify for the next World Cup. It's a fixed system. How could we perform wonders when the refs are often biased against African reps? Good example: In 2010 World Cup, Sanni Kaita was given a straight red card for kicking out against the Greek player. Please keep in mind that, even though the Greek feigned injury, Kaita did not connect the kicked....but he got a straight red! Fast forward to the 2014 World Cup, Matuidi Blaise butchered a Nigerian player but he only got a yellow card. Think about that! One player got a straight red for kicking at an opponent who provoked him even though he didn't connect, but the other player got a paltry yellow card for almost a career ending injury he inflicted on another player! And you think they don't know what they are doing? Please, give me a break! |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by Icon79(m): 6:48pm On Jan 12, 2017 |
If FIFA really want to fix the draw, there are a few quick fixes: 1. Reduce the tournament back to 24 teams 2. Reduce the soccer federations to 4 (Africa, Asia, Europe, and America). OCEANIA should be merged with AFC and CONMBEBOL should be merged with CONCACAF. 3. Each federation should produce 6 qualifiers plus the host and the defending champions. This system would give all federation equal chances of winning. And no competitive advantage. O pari |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by Idamond: 2:30pm On Dec 11, 2022 |
Moreoffaith: hope you've seen how impressive Saudi Arabia were this time?.. |
Re: Africa Gets 9 Slots For Expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup by baralatie(m): 2:34pm On Dec 11, 2022 |
What makes some of you think that Nigeria will even qualify |
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