Saturday, April 29, 2017

If I was King of Sports-NCAA style FIFA tournament

I want to see FIFA, head of the soccer governing body, have an NCAA-style tournament. For my model, every confederation would get an automatic bid (I gave OFC two, because of the injustice of them not even getting a full World Cup bid. I also would have one play-in game. Finally, I would not have teams in the same confederation play each other except for the 1 vs. 16 matches and when it could not otherwise be avoided. Play-in game Israel @ Montenegro 1st round Bracket I (16) Tahiti (OFC) vs. (1) Brazil (COMNEBOL) (9) Cameroon vs. (8) Netherlands (12) Romania vs. (5) Peru (13) Serbia vs. (4) Mexico (CONCACAF) (11) Congo (DR) vs. (6) Slovakia (14) Bulgaria vs.(3) Switzerland (10) Greece vs. (7) Ecuador (15) Panama vs. (2) Portugal 1st round Bracket IV (16) Russia vs. (1) Chile (9) Austria vs. (8) Bosnia & Herzegovnia (12) Ghana vs. (5) Costa Rica (13) Australia vs. (4) Wales (11) Japan vs. (6) Iceland (14) Morocco vs. (3) Italy (10) Ukraine vs. (7) Iran (AFC) (15) Uzbekistan vs. (2) Belgium 1st round Bracket II (16) New Zealand (OFC) vs. (1) Argentina (9) Burkina Faso vs. (8) Hungary (12) Côte D'Ivoire vs. (5) Croatia (13) Denmark vs. (4) Uruguay (11) Tunisia vs. (6) United States (14) Slovenia vs. (3) Spain (10) Nigeria vs. (7) Northern Ireland (15) Scotland vs. (2) Colombia 1st round Bracket III (16) ISR/MNE vs. (1) Germany (UEFA) (9) Sweden vs. (8) Senegal (12) Czech Republic vs. (5) Egypt (CAF) (13) Saudi Arabia vs. (4) England (11) South Korea vs. (6) Turkey (14) Algeri vs. (3) Poland (10) Paraguay vs. (7) Ireland (15) Venezuela vs. (2) France