TOcanadafan Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 The schedule may also be just as important as who we draw…if we were drawn into a group with one dominant, organized team, say France, we’d hope to be playing them on match day 3 (after they had ‘clinched’). And we’d want to face a more disorganized team for Game 1. With that said, sometimes the bigger teams take time to grow into the tournament, and we wouldn’t want to have an important player pick up 2 yellows in the first 2 games. The prep time for each team will be a lot less than usual for this World Cup being smack in the middle of the Euro season - this might provide us with a little bit extra advantage too over traditionally better/deeper teams that have lots of rotation. narduch and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 A bunch of important games coming next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOCanada115 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 How are we 11 days away from the World Cup draw, and no one has any idea how the draw will work? I’m so perplexed. Does anyone know how far in advance they announced the draw details before the 2018 draw? TGAA_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, TOCanada115 said: How are we 11 days away from the World Cup draw, and no one has any idea how the draw will work? I’m so perplexed. Does anyone know how far in advance they announced the draw details before the 2018 draw? Late October (draw was December 1) but in my very rare defense of FIFA everything is messed up with COVID. TOCanada115 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 And Russia attacking Ukraine has further messed up matters. My theory is they will go back to a regional based draw Floortom and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 22 minutes ago, TOCanada115 said: How are we 11 days away from the World Cup draw, and no one has any idea how the draw will work? I’m so perplexed. Does anyone know how far in advance they announced the draw details before the 2018 draw? Yeah hoping we know more soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) Draw details out https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/media-releases/procedures-for-the-final-draw-for-the-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-tm-released tl;dr - it will be based on ranking AND both the intercontinental playoff winners + delayed Euro playoff winner are in Pot 4. Full procedure: https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2ef762dcf5f577c6/original/Portrait-Master-Template.pdf Edited March 22, 2022 by theaub sstackho, Metro, Floortom and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOCanada115 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Best case scenario for us. The drive for pot 3 dream is alive!!! NVsoccer and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Strait Red and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Huge news about the uncertain teams going to pot 3. That includes SAmerica 5th team. On the flip side it could create an insane group of death. I guess the thought is what? 6 + pts gets us in to pot 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod818 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 throws a pickle into things, but if the two placeholders are high seeded teams that now get bumped down to Pot4, doesn't that significantly improve our chances of getting into Pot 3? narduch and Floortom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, pod818 said: throws a pickle into things, but if the two placeholders are high seeded teams that now get bumped down to Pot4, doesn't that significantly improve our chances of getting into Pot 3? It increases it a little. But another way to look at it now is that if we do fall in Pot 3, chances are increased that a powerful team will be drawn with us from Pot 4. 😄...🤔...😯 Sal333, Jedi Ram, Ivan and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) A little more clarity. Looks like we need to pass only Nigeria Edited March 22, 2022 by blueseeka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 ht//twitter.com/tgloban/status/1506278094247800834?s=20&t=flDIVgkbpdvzEv8Hk4jvDA king1010 and Jedi Ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, blueseeka said: A little more clarity. Looks like we need to pass only Nigeria With apologies to @Obinna , let's go Canada and let's go Ghana! Shway and Obinna 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod818 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, blueseeka said: A little more clarity. Looks like we need to pass only Nigeria So I guess we all become Ghana fans now. Nigeria plays them on Friday Sal333, Kyle_The_Hill and Shway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 South Korea upcoming matches before April 1, Iran and UAE. Nigeria two matches versus Ghana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, pod818 said: So I guess we all become Ghana fans now. Nigeria plays them on Friday That's a hard no for me. Ivan, Metro, Jedi Ram and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod818 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Once the US gets knocked into the interconfederation playoffs that will clear our spot into Pot 3 😛 HfxCeltic, Approve My Account Pls, Sal333 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Either Peru, Colombia or Chile will drop to pot 4 Peru and Chile have 2 tough games and Colombia have a couple tap ins. Don't rule out Colombia leap frogging those 2 teams. But it's still a toss up You will see good teams bumped in to pot 4 which which could make for a tougher draw but you'll take those chances because it can also bump weaker teams in to pot 2 potentially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 29 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: Either Peru, Colombia or Chile will drop to pot 4 Peru and Chile have 2 tough games and Colombia have a couple tap ins. Don't rule out Colombia leap frogging those 2 teams. But it's still a toss up You will see good teams bumped in to pot 4 which which could make for a tougher draw but you'll take those chances because it can also bump weaker teams in to pot 2 potentially The twitter picture above already has them in pot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 34 minutes ago, blueseeka said: The twitter picture above already has them in pot 4 Peru? But my point is there is a lot to play for for that last spot in Conmebol. We don't know the team yet. If we get in to pot 3 I would rather have Peru as a potential team in Pot 4 over Colombia Also I'm not in complete understanding of this pt system but I see Ecuador have a nothing game against Argentina. Could an upset give them an opportunity to jump over us even if we have a strong window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer21 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: Peru? But my point is there is a lot to play for for that last spot in Conmebol. We don't know the team yet. If we get in to pot 3 I would rather have Peru as a potential team in Pot 4 over Colombia Also I'm not in complete understanding of this pt system but I see Ecuador have a nothing game against Argentina. Could an upset give them an opportunity to jump over us even if we have a strong window? No, they’re too far behind us. And assuming we have good results, that’s 3 matches worth of points so it will help us gain on teams ahead of us if they slip up (Nigeria and S Korea). SpursFlu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treppy2 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Metro said: It increases it a little. But another way to look at it now is that if we do fall in Pot 3, chances are increased that a powerful team will be drawn with us from Pot 4. 😄...🤔...😯 It's close, but looking at that tweet with the teams separated into their respective pots, I would prefer to be in Pot 3 and playing a team from Pot 4 rather than being in Pot 4 and playing a team from Pot 3. Edited March 22, 2022 by Treppy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueseeka Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, SpursFlu said: Peru? But my point is there is a lot to play for for that last spot in Conmebol. We don't know the team yet. If we get in to pot 3 I would rather have Peru as a potential team in Pot 4 over Colombia Also I'm not in complete understanding of this pt system but I see Ecuador have a nothing game against Argentina. Could an upset give them an opportunity to jump over us even if we have a strong window? From the pic, whichever team qualifies from the playoff either Peru/ Columbia/ Chili or Australia will end up in the 31st spot and in pot 4. Doesn't matter if they have a higher FIFA ranking or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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