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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
That's great and all but none of that answers any of my questions. I'm aware this is for the WC. I'm aware that they use the coefficient for seeding. I'm aware that Euro is different and I'm aware that Italy struggled (sort of, as has been mentioned they were still much better in the round robin than teams who actually made it).
But none of that has anything to do with why none of the confederations use the same qualifying format and why UEFA uses theirs, why UEFA nations haven't changed it so it favours the big teams.
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They do favor the big teams. The big teams are all seeded in the first pot when they do the draw for qualifying.
Italy doesn't get to be a "big team" every year based on the fact they are former world champions. Its why we play the games.