Fifa confederation reform

Gold is the Colour said: ↑

For World Cup Qualification I think that creating 4 confeds is a good idea, combining the Americas into one (CAM) and Asia Pacific into one (APAC). This would give us 4 roughly equal confeds (APAC slightly large at almost 60, and COA slightly small at 45) and 32 is divisable by 4.

The actual process of qualifying could be by playoffs between existing confeds or by combining them in truth. From there I would make the allocations as:

CAF: 5.5
APAC: 5.5
CAM: 8.5
UEFA: 12.5

The host should just take a spot from the confed they are in.

After each WC the allocations can be adjusted by the amount of teams that finish LAST in the group. A confed with more than two teams last in their group would lose half a spot, one with less than 2 teams finishing last can gain half a spot. If we look at the last WC then we would get teh above allocation using this method (COA and APAC each had only one team finish last so would gain half a spot, and UEFA and CAF each had 3 teams finish last so would lose half a spot.)

The other option would be to create 8 confeds, this could be a good option long term, but would be much more difficult to set up.
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I have no problem with balancing the confederation, by size and/or talent. I have no problem with using on field performance to rate confederations in terms of how many teams they qualify like UEFA does for the UCL.

But unless you are going to delay picking a host until all 32 finalists are known, I have a serious problem with the host's bid coming at the expense of another team in its confederation. Do Russia or the UAE deserve to be in the World Cup over better teams from Europe and Asia respectively? (Let's avoid the politics for the moment) Did the United States deserve its place in '94, when it had only qualified once in nearly a half century and was not yet a lock?

Maybe I am still annoyed by the unfairness of UEFA somehow deciding that its limit of four teams qualifying for the Champions League outweighs its desire to host the defending champion in the tournament, but the host should earn a place or be given a place. Not be handed someone else's place.