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After that performance by Saudi Arabia, it’s clear that what the World Cup needs is 16 more teams. 

 

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Welp, it was a better start for Saudi Arabia than their last world cup appearance.....

 

but yeah, no way in hell the field should be expanded but the powers that be will ruin anything to make a quick buck.

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A day late, but here are my picks, with some mild upsets included. 

Group A: 

Uruguay (9 pts) 

Egypt (4 pts) 

Russia (4 pts) 

Saudi Arabia (0 pts) 

 

Group B: 

Spain (9 pts) 

Portugal (6 pts) 

Morocco (1 pt) 

Iran (1 pt) 

 

Group C

France (7 pts) 

Denmark (5 pts) 

Peru (4 pts) 

Australia (0 pts) 

 

Group D

Croatia (5 pts) 

Argentina (5 pts) 

Iceland (2 pts) 

Nigeria (2 pts) 

 

Group E: 

Brazil (9 pts) 

Serbia (4 pts) 

Switzerland (2 pts) 

Costa Rica (1 pt) 

 

Group F: 

Germany (7 pts) 

Mexico (6 pts) 

Sweden (2 pts) 

South Korea (1 pt) 

 

Group G: 

Belgium (9 pts) 

England (4 pts) 

Panama (2 pts) 

Tunisia (1 pt) 

 

Group H: 

Poland (5 pts) 

Senegal (4 pts) 

Colombia (4 pts) 

Japan (1 pt) 

 

Knockout Rounds: 

Uruguay over Portugal (2-1) 

France over Argentina (4-2) 

Brazil over Mexico (3-0) 

Senegal over Belgium (3-2, AET) 

Spain over Egypt (3-0) 

Croatia over Denmark (2-1) 

Germany over Serbia (2-0) 

Poland over England (1–1, 4-2 PEN) 

 

Quarterfinals: 

France over Uruguay (1-0, AET) 

Brazil over Senegal (3-1) 

Spain over Croatia (2-1, AET) 

Germany over Poland (0-0, 5-3 PEN) 

 

Semifinals: 

Brazil over France (2–1, AET) 

Germany over Spain (1-0) 

 

Third Place: 

France over Spain (3-2) 

 

Final: 

Germany over Brazil (1-0 AET, Goretzka with a winner in the 108th minute) 

 

Golden Ball: Coutinho (BRA) 

Golden Boot: Thomas Müller (GER) 

Golden Glove: David de Gea (ESP) 

Best Young Player: Kylian Mbappe (FRA) 

 

 

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15 hours ago, Crabcake47 said:

After that performance by Saudi Arabia, it’s clear that what the World Cup needs is 16 more teams. 

 

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Can't wait to see a second place Oceania nation be defeated by Germany or France 15-0.

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23 minutes ago, jmac11281 said:

Can't wait to see a second place Oceania nation be defeated by Germany or France 15-0.

 

OFC is only guaranteed the one spot in the expanded field.

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I've been wondering if there's a way to salvage the group stage in a 48 team field. Play-in games a la the NCAA tournament might work, but no one will go for dragging a small bubble nation to a World Cup for maybe just one game. Maybe you could have varsity-level groups that get 2 knockout spots, and junior varsity-level groups that get 1 knockout spot. Or better yet, maybe a second group stage, like the Champions League used to have. You could just ignore the garbage first group stage perhaps. A second draw would be great for drama and narrative.

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2 hours ago, Digby said:

I've been wondering if there's a way to salvage the group stage in a 48 team field. Play-in games a la the NCAA tournament might work, but no one will go for dragging a small bubble nation to a World Cup for maybe just one game. Maybe you could have varsity-level groups that get 2 knockout spots, and junior varsity-level groups that get 1 knockout spot. Or better yet, maybe a second group stage, like the Champions League used to have. You could just ignore the garbage first group stage perhaps. A second draw would be great for drama and narrative.

FIFA wanted to have a 60 team tournament with a play-in round. I believe they are looking at three team groups instead of four. 

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9 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

FIFA wanted to have a 60 team tournament with a play-in round. I believe they are looking at three team groups instead of four. 

and with 16 3 team groups, the expansion to 64 would be a quite easy transition.

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3 minutes ago, DiePerske said:

and with 16 3 team groups, the expansion to 64 would be a quite easy transition.

The issue becomes how long will the tournament take and how much can you condense the timeline. 

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3 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

It's just been a bad week for those guys all around. 

It’s not like either of them had much of a chance beating Spain or Portugal... 

 

Speaking of, hopefully the aforementioned matchup makes up for all the lackluster contests so far. 

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