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Best of the rest cup
Posted on 11/20/13 at 1:01 am
Posted on 11/20/13 at 1:01 am
So let's say we have a 32 team tournament with the best teams not going to Brazil. Who would go and who would be favored?
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Posted on 11/20/13 at 6:26 am to itawambadog
I was thinking they should do an 8-team tournament similar to the Confederations Cup.
Some combination of this group:
Panama
Ukraine
Egypt
Venezuela
Denmark
Czech Republic
Serbia
Turkey
Sweden
Jamaica
Paraguay
Peru
South Africa
Algeria
Some combination of this group:
Panama
Ukraine
Egypt
Venezuela
Denmark
Czech Republic
Serbia
Turkey
Sweden
Jamaica
Paraguay
Peru
South Africa
Algeria
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 6:30 am
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:30 am to NOTORlOUSD
I think an 8 or 16 team tournament would be awesome - hold it 4-6 weeks before the WC (right after club seasons) in the host nation of the WC for years hence?
I would throw in Ireland too.
I would have to think Ukraine and Sweden would be favorites.
I would throw in Ireland too.
I would have to think Ukraine and Sweden would be favorites.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:07 am to Tigerstark
I was thinking not the host country, because logistics would be crazy, but somewhere nearby. In this case, that would be Argentina or Uruguay. That way, they could weave in some warm-up games too.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 3:26 pm to NOTORlOUSD
Interesting idea. Might this be better than expanding the world cup to more teams?
Posted on 11/20/13 at 4:21 pm to NOTORlOUSD
Do we invite New Zealand or make them go through a playoff? 
Posted on 11/20/13 at 5:17 pm to NOTORlOUSD
16 team field, teams that lost in the final rounds advance
UEFA
Denmark
Sweden
Ukraine
Romania
Iceland
CONCACAF
Panama
CONMEBOL
Peru
Venezuela
AFC
Jordan
Uzbekistan
CAF
Senegal
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Egypt
Burkina Faso
OFC v CONCACAF playoff
New Zealand v Jamaica (yeah NZ you aren't good enough to get an automatic bid.)
UEFA
Denmark
Sweden
Ukraine
Romania
Iceland
CONCACAF
Panama
CONMEBOL
Peru
Venezuela
AFC
Jordan
Uzbekistan
CAF
Senegal
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Egypt
Burkina Faso
OFC v CONCACAF playoff
New Zealand v Jamaica (yeah NZ you aren't good enough to get an automatic bid.)
Posted on 11/20/13 at 7:04 pm to itawambadog
Serbia, Turkey, and Denmark would be favorites IMO.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 12:56 am to itawambadog
A world Soccer NIT would be awesome
Posted on 11/21/13 at 7:27 am to NOTORlOUSD
Who the hell is going to tune in for Panama vs Algeria?
Oly cool thing I've seen similar to this is a couple of WC back, there was "the other world cup final" the day before the real one where the 2 lowest FIFA ranked teams played each other....and that was only cool cos they could laugh at themselves.
Oly cool thing I've seen similar to this is a couple of WC back, there was "the other world cup final" the day before the real one where the 2 lowest FIFA ranked teams played each other....and that was only cool cos they could laugh at themselves.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 11:47 am to engvol
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Who the hell is going to tune in for Panama vs Algeria?
Nobody since Algeria advanced to the World Cup.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 12:27 pm to engvol
i wish they would go to one of those 2 countries and put it on tv... i might watch
Posted on 11/21/13 at 1:53 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:
Who the hell is going to tune in for Panama vs Algeria?
If it's done in the month before the World Cup, they will get a lot of viewers who are excited for the big event. It's sort of like people tuning in for the NFL preseason even though the games are terrible.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 2:05 pm to NOTORlOUSD
Yeah even if the quality isn't as good a lot of people will still watch the games. It would also be a good prep for the continental championships.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 2:11 pm to itawambadog
I think that it'd be cool, if not entirely feasible, to push qualifying back six months to a year and play something like this in place of the Confederations Cup.
Posted on 11/21/13 at 2:50 pm to joey barton
Take away CONCACAF's third bid and make the tournament winner team #32 in the World Cup.
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