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Wow with the way World Cup qualifying is going at the next World Cup we could be missing:
Argentina
Chile
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
And the biggest tragedy, the USA.



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1 year until the UEFA Nations League starts, this is how the 4 leagues are looking currently:

LEAGUE A (teams to be split into four groups of three)
Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, France, England, Italy, Poland, Croatia, Iceland, Wales

LEAGUE B (teams to be split into four groups of three)
Russia, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden, Netherlands, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Hungary

LEAGUE C (teams to be split into one group of three, and three groups of four)
Slovenia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Scotland, Czech Republic, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Cyprus, Finland, Estonia, Azerbaijan

LEAGUE D (teams to be split into four groups of four)
Lithuania, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, FYR Macedonia, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta, Kosovo, San Marino, Gibraltar

What country will go to which league will be decided after the World Cup qualifier groups are over in October.

I honestly love this. Gets rid (or lessens) useless friendlies and more competition is always welcome.

For those unware how this is going to work by the way, I'll try to explain it: all 55 UEFA members will be placed into 1 of 4 Leagues based on the Interim National Team Coefficient Rankings. The Leagues will then be split into 4 groups each (4 groups of 3 for League A & League B, 1 group of 3 & 3 groups of 4 for League C and 4 groups of 4 for League D). Groupstage matches will be played in September, October and November 2018. The winners of the 4 groups from League A will go to the Final Four Competition which will be played in June, where they'll decide who the UEFA Nations League Champion is.

Then, from March 2019 through November 2019 the regular Euro 2020 qualifiers will be taking place, with all 55 countries being put in 5 groups of 5 and 5 groups of 6 (with the 4 countries which attend the Nations League's Final Four competition being guaranteed a place in a group of 5). The top 2 from each of these 10 groups will then directly qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020.

Then, in March 2020 the Nations League playoffs will take place. The best country from each group (a total of 16 countries) will face the 3 other countries from their League for 1 of the 4 final tickets. If a country which has won their group has already qualified via the regular qualifiers, their spot will be given to the next best country from their League which hasn't. This means that at least 1 country from each of the 4 Leagues qualifies for the 2020 Euro. Look at the above list of countries again, at least 1 country from League D will qualify.

And finally, if you win your group you get promoted to the next League, and if you finish last in your group you get relegated.



Ka-pi96 said:
HomokHarcos said:
Wow with the way World Cup qualifying is going at the next World Cup we could be missing:
Argentina
Chile
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
And the biggest tragedy, the USA.

Wouldn't missing Argentina & Messi be a much bigger tragedy?

TV Audience. :P



Hmm, pie.

Ka-pi96 said:
The Fury said:

TV Audience. :P

Pretty sure they'll still be a huge US TV audience for the Mexico games

We all remember what happened the last time the USA didn't get their way with FIFA. They conducted a raid and arrested officials, who knows what they'll do. Fun fact: Liga MX gets more viewers in the USA than the MLS.



pastro243 said:
CONMEBOL is crazy. As a Chilean I'm pretty upset that we will probably won't qualify :(

It really is, Peru need to drop asap. 



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Ka-pi96 said:
Maynard_Tool said:
Is kind of a surprise that both Argentina And chile are so close to missing the world cup. Those teams played each other last 2 copa america (and argentina lost the last world cup in the finale) i guess not everything is said and done when it comes to futbol

Gotta love that it's so tight all the way to the end though! Makes qualifying actually worthwhile. When the expanded world cup with 6 CONMEBOL teams rolls around it will just be too easy

Yeah, Im all agaisnt the expanded world cup. IT is just  gonna lower the quality overall. 32 teams is great for the championship. Dont get why... well actually yeah, money. But is just absurd



I hate the format of the 48 team World Cup since 2/3 of the teams make it past the first round, making it less interesting than now where only half go through.



HomokHarcos said:
I hate the format of the 48 team World Cup since 2/3 of the teams make it past the first round, making it less interesting than now where only half go through.

Group Stages are gonna be boring as fuck.



ArchangelMadzz said:
pastro243 said:
CONMEBOL is crazy. As a Chilean I'm pretty upset that we will probably won't qualify :(

It really is, Peru need to drop asap. 

I just hope Brazil gives us a hand in the last match lol, mayve they will if that means getting Argentina out if the way 



Ka-pi96 said:
Welp, Premier League clubs just voted to close the transfer window early from next season

Such a stupid move, while they wont be able to sign any players clubs from other countries can still sign players for about 2 weeks. It will also probably inflate prices even more because everyone knows English clubs will be rushing to get things done.