Group A of Asian Under 23 has been decided with Qatar and Indonesia advancing to the quarter finals and Australia and Jordan eliminated. I didn't...
We will also host the 2026 Women's Asian Cup. I believe a bid is being prepared for the CWC but I don't expect there is much chance of that and...
The AFC under 23 Asian Cup kicks off in a few hours to decide the Asian reps in the men's tournament with Australia v Jordan and Qatar v Indonesia...
Europe is not one nation though. It's a lot of independent nations The USA is one nation who already has the privilege of hosting two of the 3...
Our part of the world finally got a chance to host a major FIFA tournament and overall did a pretty good job. Yes its expensive for fans to get...
Who is talking Visa's? It's all about cost. Not everyone can afford to travel half way around the world to what is a pretty expensive place for...
I'm concerned for the fans that major tournaments won't be easily accessible if they are monopolised in a particular nation. I'm sure the USA will...
Everyone has their own definition but bidding for a Women's World Cup when you are already hosting the men's World Cup, the Club World Cup, the...
Not quite sure why this is relevant to my post but that's OK. The USA in the next 4 years will host for FIFA a world cup, a club world cup, an...
The USA bid for this just seems like greed to me. They have enough FIFA tournaments on their plate right now so its time to give someone else a go.
Even if they don't have WC experience they will be a team that came a high point scoring second in their group and then they've gone through...
Candidates for 2027 WWC | BigSoccer Forum There is a thread in the Women's World Cup forum.
I'm hoping we wont be in an intercontinental playoff again but it's true that we have had some experience (mostly bad but more recently good) in...
I was surprised as well. Syria gave us a much harder time in the AFC playoff. Mind you that was 2 world cup cycles ago so it's not really...
Seems a strange argument to give 3 spots to OFC. I outlined my thoughts a while ago and thought places should roughly be aligned to number of...
Now I'm back home after a trip to Canberra I thought I would share some thoughts. Social media (and some former big name reporters) seem to...
Group G Saudi Arabia 10 (+7) Jordan 7 (+8) Tajikistan 5 (+4) Pakistan 0 (-19) Pakistan v Saudi Arabia Jordan v Tajikistan Saudi Arabia v Jordan...
Group D Kyrgyzstan 9 (+6) Oman 9 (+6) Malaysia 6 (-2) Chinese Taipei 0 (-10) Chinese Taipei v Oman Kyrgyzstan v Malaysia Oman v Kyrgyzstan...
Where things stand summary Group A Qatar 12 (+13) India 4 (-3) Afghanistan 4 (-10) Kuwait 3 (-1) To Play Afghanistan V Qatar India v Kuwait...
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Surface looks a lot better than Australia provided in Sydney.
Here early for Lebanon’s home game.
UEFA has over 25% of the FIFA members in the world. Why would you give them such a small quota. They should get 12 places.
FIFA itself pushed strongly for it as a way to increase its revenues but got strong pushback from UEFA as it threatened their own revenues from...
Europe did ok initially out of the expansion to 32 originally gaining 2 of the extra spots. They lost these extra spots over the next 2 world...