World cup finals 2022

[Sarge]

Breaking news ....fifa wont increase the number of qualifiers to 48 for WCF 2022 (thankfully) ....

World Cup: Fifa drops plans to expand Qatar 2022 to 48 teams

Plans to expand the 2022 World Cup from 32 teams to 48 are abandoned by football's world governing body Fifa.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[SteMerritt]

Bad news for Scotland then.


Edit: Sorry, you put 48 teams, I thought it said 84. Scotland won't get in with 48 of course.

 

[AbbeyOx]

Fifa drops plans for Qatar to host World Cup would've been better

 

[unification]

Fifa drops plans for Qatar to host World Cup would've been better

Agreed.

As I said at the end of the Russian World Cup, I think we’ve seen the last of great world cups now that FIFA have decided to meddle. I can’t see Qatar being much fun but keeping it to 32 teams is at least one sensible move.

 

[tonyw]

Agree as well.

There were three things potentially wrong with the Qatar World Cup - the structure, the timing and the location.

They've now fixed one of those things, so we'll still get the 32 team structure for one more iteration - which I reckon can't be beaten; it's the perfect balance between group stage & knockouts, between traditional minnows and major footballing nations.

But it's still going to be in a desert in December.