MH wrote:
On 2025-03-09 10:46, Mark wrote:
Why is it so unfair? Argentina and Brazil each get 6 teams all of
which get a bye to the group stage; while everyone else only gets 4
teams and the 4 teams from each of those countries have to play
each other in the first round, meaning they almost might as well
only have 2 clubs from each of those countries in the tournament in
the first place. The 1st round is single leg, so half the teams
from those 8 countries also only get to play 1 match.
So excluding teams that get 'relegated' from the Copa Libertadores
(and them playing in it is also stupid), in the group stage,
there's 6 teams guaranteed from each of Argentina and Brazil, and guaranteed only 2 from each of the other countries.
That's ridiculous!
Would you have a 48 team world cup with 8 teams from each of:
UEFA
Conmebol
Concacaf
CAF
AFC
OFC
??
That seems to be analogous to what you are arguing for.
If CONMEBOL justified Argentina and Brazil having more teams in it with
a UEFA-coefficient type system, and they didn't have so many more
teams, perhaps 5 from Argentina and Brazil and Uruguay, 4 from each of
the next 5, and 3 each from the rest; everybody starts in the same
round, and all knockout rounds are played over 2 legs, I'd be OK with
that.
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