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  • FIFA Intercontinental Cup

    From Mark@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 22 18:18:00 2024
    For what it's worth, it was scheduled to start today.

    The Oceanian team has to win 4 matches to get to the final (in a 6 team knockout tournament!), and in 2 of those matches their opponents have
    home advantage. All the other matches are played at a neutral venue,
    but FIFA seem to like to pick on Oceania.

    The Asian team, by a random draw (Oceania didn't have the benefit of a
    random draw), has to win 4 matches to reach the final, but they have
    home advantage in 1 of them.

    The African team has to win 3 matches to reach the final (1 with home advantage).

    The North American and South American teams have to win 2 matches to
    get to the final.

    The European team doesn't play any matches to get to the final.

    Not exactly the most sensible, fair format they could have come up with.

    What have FIFA got against Oceania?!

    And what's with the name? The maximum possible probability of getting
    it confused with the old unofficial World Club Championship! Couldn't
    they have come up with a more original name than that?!

    And what's the point of having this tournament aswell as the Club World
    Cup?

    Isn't this tournament a waste of time?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mark on Sun Sep 22 21:20:16 2024
    Mark wrote:

    For what it's worth, it was scheduled to start today.

    [Snip]

    The European team doesn't play any matches to get to the final.

    Not exactly the most sensible, fair format they could have
    come up with.

    It's FIFA. What do you expect?!

    What have FIFA got against Oceania?!

    Not enough kickbacks... or big teams with power.

    Probably.

    And what's with the name? The maximum possible probability of
    getting it confused with the old unofficial World Club
    Championship! Couldn't they have come up with a more original
    name than that?!

    And what's the point of having this tournament as well as the
    Club World Cup?

    More games equals more money!

    Isn't this tournament a waste of time?

    BREAKING NEWS: It always was!

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