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Old 10-13-2021, 10:25 PM   #2603
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
Don't be so fast to write them off. World Cups are weird, especially when they are not played in Europe. Qatar will be a strange place, teams will have to deal with many things and a very tight schedule. The group stage is 3 games in 9 days.


Remember in 2014, Costa Rica made it to a penalty shootout in the quarters. They won the group with Uruguay, Italy and England!


Aside: The 2026 World Cup will be 16 groups of 3!
Not writing them off, of course anything can happen. But truly, for a team that hasn't been there for 36 years, getting there is the battle, and funds that the CSA will get (and waste) is huge, but the results in Qatar for Canadian supporters are gravy.

Yes, in that case in 2026 they should get through with only 2 group games and 2 teams go through. Canada will have a host pot so they will get at least one minnow and that win will put them through.

As an aside, they'll be some collusion in some groups for sure on that format, just like 1982, 1978 and other WC.
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