RIPPA Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Finally found a summary of the groups in an easy to copy format Quote Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Netherlands, Senegal Group B: England, Iran, USA, Scotland/Wales/Ukraine Group C Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland Group D France, UAE/Australia/Peru, Denmark, Tunisia Group E: Spain, Costa Rica/New Zealand, Germany, Japan Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Cautiously optimistic about Canada. So pumped for this...sucks we have to wait until the end of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 All things considered it's not a bad draw for Canada, and that Morocco game has some sneaky track meet potential if someone scores early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 The match times (for at least the first two games in Group stages) will be (in EST) 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM The Knockouts will use 10 AM and 2 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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odessasteps Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 They are putting matches in most appopriate time slots to the home countries, so the Senegal match will actually be the first match played, not Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: Bonus points if Pulisic is the beneficiary this time around… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 As soon as Germany went into the same pot as Spain, I spent the rest of the draw hoping Canada would avoid that group. Need to check the betting sites and see what the odds are for Canada to get out of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 45 minutes ago, cubbymark said: Bonus points if Pulisic is the beneficiary this time around… Done in by his “hulk hands” gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2022 at 2:01 AM, odessasteps said: They are putting matches in most appopriate time slots to the home countries, so the Senegal match will actually be the first match played, not Qatar. I love that they are still promoting the Qatar game as the opening game when it's actually the third match played. It's like in WWE with the main events... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Per the NY Times - FIFA has quietly dropped its plan to have the World Cup be every other year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 50 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Per the NY Times - FIFA has quietly dropped its plan to have the World Cup be every other year Guessing that's because there's no one out there wiiling to do their ridiculous beyond-Olympic-level demands of the host countries. Meanwhile the confirmed 2030 bidders: Morocco (lost the '26 cup to North America) Southern South America (ARG/URU/CHI/PAR) Southeastern Europe (ROM/GRE/SER/BUL) Iberian Europe (POR/ESP) Still kicking around the concept of bidding (which means they'll go for '34 when this one falls through): Saudi Arabia (with Egypt and Morocco OR Italy(?)) Northern South America (COL/PER/ECU) China West Asia (ISR/UAE/BAH) Australia & Indonesia Cameroon Both Koreas & Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I heard a great theory that one reason Russia submitted a bid for the Euros, while in the middle of invading another nation, is that they want to get kicked out of UEFA and join the Asian Confederation. this ties into a wider discussion of Russia positioning themselves as part of Asia and not Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 FIFA and UEFA have agreed that the Ukraine/Scotland match will take place on June 1 in Glasgow The winner will then play Wales in Cardiff on June 5 It appears that (though unspoken) if Ukraine can't play that date, they will forfeit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 On 4/4/2022 at 2:49 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: Guessing that's because there's no one out there wiiling to do their ridiculous beyond-Olympic-level demands of the host countries. Meanwhile the confirmed 2030 bidders: Morocco (lost the '26 cup to North America) Southern South America (ARG/URU/CHI/PAR) Southeastern Europe (ROM/GRE/SER/BUL) Iberian Europe (POR/ESP) Still kicking around the concept of bidding (which means they'll go for '34 when this one falls through): Saudi Arabia (with Egypt and Morocco OR Italy(?)) Northern South America (COL/PER/ECU) China West Asia (ISR/UAE/BAH) Australia & Indonesia Cameroon Both Koreas & Japan I can't see how Morocco or Cameroon could possibly hold a 48 team World Cup on their own. I also can't fathom any kind of working relationship between North and South Korea lasting for the decade or so between the announcement of the hosts and the tournament itself taking place. Unless things change drastically politically wise in the next few years. I predict Iberian Europe for '30 and China for '34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 I think South America likely gets the Centenary one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 25 minutes ago, odessasteps said: I think South America likely gets the Centenary one. Uruguay would be special- but they'd probably group it as Argentina/Uruguay, and maybe Chile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 I could have sworn I read somewhere that they pretty much said they would not do single country hosts anymore (Though I freely admit I might be confusing that with the Olympics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Cheaper for countries to split bill and make more people happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 BTW - the Moroccan bid is supposed to be with Tunisia and Algeria Also the European bid that Gianni Infantino supported was Portugal/Spain but that was also three years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Basically Chile is accusing Ecuador of using an illegible player via fake birth certificates Quote Two months after it failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, Chile is seeking an unprecedented route to the tournament via a legal dispute that hinges on an allegedly falsified birth certificate. Chile's soccer federation on Wednesday filed an official complaint to FIFA, the sport's global governing body, alleging that Ecuador, one of six South American teams that finished ahead of the Chileans, fielded an ineligible player during qualifying. Chile claims that Byron Castillo, an Ecuadorian defender, was actually born in Colombia; and although it did not reference the World Cup in its official statement, it filed the complaint one week after Chilean media calculated that if Ecuador were punished with forfeits, Chile could take Ecuador's place at this year's tournament in Qatar. Castillo is one of hundreds of Ecuadorian players whose birth records have been questioned in a broader probe. Ecuadorian officials cleared Castillo to play for their national team last year, and he appeared in eight qualifiers beginning in September. But just last week, according to Colombian journalist Sebastián Bejarano, new evidence presented in court reignited the case. A birth certificate purportedly belonging to Castillo seemed to show that he had been born not on Nov. 10, 1998 in General Villamil Playas, Ecuador, but rather on July 25, 1995 in Tumaco, Colombia. Ecuador's soccer federation, in a Thursday statement, called these "unfounded rumors." It said that Castillo "is an Ecuadorian citizen for all legal purposes, both in the civil sphere and in sports," and has the documentation to prove it. Chile, though, argued that there were "innumerable proofs" that Castillo was born in Colombia, and that he was 26 years old, not 23. If so, the case could get murky. Under FIFA statutes, Castillo could still be eligible to represent Ecuador internationally, because he has never represented Colombia and has lived in Ecuador for more than five years. Reliance on false documentation rather than an official request for a change of nationality, however, could make Castillo ineligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Did we discuss this already? The interesting thing is something similar happened 4 years while Chile appealed against an illegal player and after the points were awarded to teams effected, Peru got the WC place instead of Chile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Reminder - the Scotland/Ukraine Semifinal finally takes place tomorrow (June 1) Winner plays Wales on Sunday (June 5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 (edited) Scotland/Ukraine playing in Glasgow right now on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Edited June 1 by Marcel Updating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 I'd want to watch Italy v Argentina if it weren't for the Scotland v Ukraine match. Ukraine probably the better side so far, but could have also gotten a red card too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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