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Group E: Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador

By davieG, in World Cup 2026

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FoxAsh

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4 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

It's pretty rubbish having these minnows....how I would have loved to see Italy here

It is barmy how you have teams like this here and no italy.

 

They wasn't at the last two either astonishing really.

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4 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

It's pretty rubbish having these minnows....how I would have loved to see Italy here

yea, bad decision expanding it to let it nothing teams like Germany. Giving a good account of themselves though 

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PhillippaT

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13 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

And the world footballing federation are lobbying FIFA to have 64 teams in 2030 🙄 

The only reasons Curacao are in this one is because a) there are three host nations from their confederation and b) they beat Jamaica.  But that doesn't mean there aren't more good teams that AREN'T at this current world cup, even with 48 teams.  The problem with 32 teams is that it's now too restrictive, and becomes a 'closed-shop' fairly quickly for a couple of the confederations.

 

Again, pretty much all the issues come back to it being changed into a 'proper' WORLD cup, not a European-centric cup like it used to be, but that's the nature of the SPORT AS IT EXISTS NOW.  Is there a difference in quality between some of the Confederations? Yes - but you're never going to improve that without giving them an opportunity to do so, which means MORE competition, not less.

 

This is a problem most other international sports WANT to have: an expanding sport with more teams and competition...

 

It really sounds like a lot of football suporters WANT a closed-shop, even if it's detrimental to the sport as a whole...

 

EDIT: How'd Sane miss that :P 

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Parafox

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4 minutes ago, FoxAsh said:

It is barmy how you have teams like this here and no italy.

 

They wasn't at the last two either astonishing really.

I remember Italia 1990. They were outstanding then and were in subsequent tournaments until this recent decade.

 

Somehow Italy have simply faded away.

 

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5 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

The only reasons Curacao are in this one is because a) there are three host nations from their confederation and b) they beat Jamaica.  But that doesn't mean there aren't more good teams that AREN'T at this current world cup, even with 48 teams.  The problem with 32 teams is that it's now too restrictive, and becomes a 'closed-shop' fairly quickly for a couple of the confederations.

 

Again, pretty much all the issues come back to it being changed into a 'proper' WORLD cup, not a European-centric cup like it used to be, but that's the nature of the SPORT AS IT EXISTS NOW.  Is there a difference in quality between some of the Confederations? Yes - but you're never going to improve that without giving them an opportunity to do so, which means MORE competition, not less.

 

This is a problem most other international sports WANT to have: an expanding sport with more teams and competition...

 

It really sounds like a lot of football suporters WANT a closed-shop, even if it's detrimental to the sport as a whole...

 

 

Sense. Nice post.

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davieG

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Blimy the German fans are getting very excited at smashing Curacao

ramboacdc

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27 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

And the world footballing federation are lobbying FIFA to have 64 teams in 2030 🙄 

2 months long at that point and San Marino V Gibraltar in the 2nd round. Cant wait. 

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PhillippaT

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3 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

2 months long at that point and San Marino V Gibraltar in the 2nd round. Cant wait. 

Don't be stupid.  If 32 teams come from Europe, it'd make sense to alter the qualifying to reflect that, which would make it similar to the Euros in lineup.

davieG

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They should split it and have a pre tour no for the weaker teams where the top two qualify to play with the big boys. They could happen consecutively with just a shorr break in between. But the money men would say the pre tour I wouldn’t generate enough £s

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