confederations cup expansion

[NHL Dude 120]

what would you think if the confederations cup was expanded to 16 teams?? of course this is all hypothetical.

The finalist
Russia(Hosts)
Germany(world cup champions)
Australia(Asian cup champions)
South Korea(Asian cup runner ups)
Chile(Copa America champions)
Peru(Best placed Copa America team)
Argentina(World cup runner ups)
Mexico(Gold cup playoff winner)
USA(Gold cup playoff runner ups)
New Zealand(OFC nations cup winner)
Papua New Guinea(OFC nations cup runner up)
France(Either winners or runner ups of Euro 2016)
Portugal(Either winners or runner ups of Euro 2016)
Winner of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Runner ups of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Brazil (previous champions)

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[GKJ]

Why does it need to be expanded? It's not supposed to be something big, it's basically a dress rehearsal for the World Cup.

 

[NHL Dude 120]

Why does it need to be expanded? It's not supposed to be something big, it's basically a dress rehearsal for the World Cup.

honestly I just pulled this idea out of my ass, and thought why not see what others think

 

[Caramel]

Sounds terrible.

 

[Shrimper]

No thanks, enough tournaments already and this isn't needed

 

[Just Win]

Do we really need for meaningless games between teams that aside from the host nation tend to send mostly their B-squad?

 

[Theokritos]

Instead of making the top players play even more games they should scrap that waste of a tournament altogether. Who needs the Confed Cup?

 

[Just Win]

Instead of making the top players play even more games they should scrap that waste of a tournament altogether. Who needs the Confed Cup?

The host nation as dress rehearsal and to build more hype for the actual tournament?

But all that could also be done with a U19/U21 tourney.

 

[Shrimper]

Instead of making the top players play even more games they should scrap that waste of a tournament altogether. Who needs the Confed Cup?

They could host the Club World Cup there instead

 

[Ceremony]

Nobody cares about the Confederations Cup.

 

[Shrimper]

Nobody cares about the Confederations Cup.

Other than FIFA.

$$$$

 

[Savi]

You guys don't want to see Peru v Papua games??

 

[Uncle Rotter]

New Zealand(OFC nations cup winner)
Papua New Guinea(OFC nations cup runner up)

Two countries from a one country conference? Here's a better idea: just merge Oceania with Asia.

 

[Theokritos]

Two countries from a one country conference? Here's a better idea: just merge Oceania with Asia.

This. Oceania without Australia is a bit of a joke anyway. And if Australia can play in Asia, why not New Zealand et al.?

 

[Ceremony]

This. Oceania without Australia is a bit of a joke anyway. And if Australia can play in Asia, why not New Zealand et al.?

Pakistan taking on Fiji in qualifying would be quite the spectacle.

 

[cgf]

The confed cup is a friendly, exclusively meant to give the host nation a dress rehearsal for the real deal. It doesn't need any more teams or games.

 

[Alex Jones]

This. Oceania without Australia is a bit of a joke anyway. And if Australia can play in Asia, why not New Zealand et al.?

Asia doesn't want it. Their top teams are already dragged down by having to face minnows nonstop, adding more teams and thus more games against such teams for things like wc qualifying is exactly what they don't want.

 

[Live in the Now]

Oceania couldn't afford the travel either.

 

[BSHH]

Expanding the Confed Cup might also devalue the WC, since there would be a tournament more similar to it than before. I also think that the lower profile usually leads to more open - and thus more attractive/interesting - Confed Cup matches. However, including the reigning winner is an interesting option per se, but since even the World Champion has to go through qualification, it may be a bit too much.

Gruß,
BSHH

 

[Live in the Now]

I looked up the last Confed Cup out of curiosity and saw at least two games that I remember were better than any in these Euros. Italy-Japan and Italy-Brazil were both fantastic. The smaller field does lead to better games.

 

[kov]

I'd like to see the opposite: a full-blown FIFA World Cup (second division) for all the B-sides (pun intended) from each confederation. Gives them all more international experience, and then world cup qualification becomes a simple matter of promotion/relegation.

Woohoo! Who's with me!?

(crickets)

 

[Uncle Rotter]

I'd like to see the opposite: a full-blown FIFA World Cup (second division) for all the B-sides (pun intended) from each confederation. Gives them all more international experience, and then world cup qualification becomes a simple matter of promotion/relegation.

Woohoo! Who's with me!?

(crickets)

There was something sort of like that:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ayTDcpgfw&index=2&list=PLeFWlJKKksHNR2Y3L9h6VZvaYaippLUnu

 

[gary69]

I'd like to see the opposite: a full-blown FIFA World Cup (second division) for all the B-sides (pun intended) from each confederation. Gives them all more international experience, and then world cup qualification becomes a simple matter of promotion/relegation.

Woohoo! Who's with me!?

(crickets)

It'll be interesting to see what becomes of the planned European Nations League, due to start after the World Cup 2018.

If it ever materializes, it might evolve into a qualification and/or final tournament over time in Europe.

 

[NHL Dude 120]

Why doesn't UEFA institute a challenge cup for the weaker amature sides, champions go on to qualify for the euros

 

[SchwenningerWildWing]

German team manager Oliver Bierhoff already said that Germany will rest some of their players during this tournament next year

http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussba...nfed-cup-bierhoff-bestbesetzung-russland.html