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I assume that the June 2025 fixtures will be announced after the June 2024 matches, with the team in last place in each group (and unlikely to qualify) playing Wednesday and Saturday, where the match days are Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday x 2

Atletico Madrid qualify for Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25 https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/mundial-de-clubes/usa-2025/articles/atletico-madrid-qualify-club-world-cup-2025 Spanish side have booked their place at the inaugural 32-team tournament which takes place in the USA in 2025. Barc...

Correct - Nottingham Forest and Liverpool met in the first round in 1978/79, so clearly no seeding/country protection back then

wouldn't surprise me if there is another reform of Nations League, eg scrap League D (so League C takes in every country outside Europe's top 32, so 22+Russia?) similar to the Women's game.

If it is based on nations league positions then if they any of them are in the top 3 in their nations league group then they will be a top seed, so ignore any idiots who say otherwise

On the basis of this one post i would wonder whether you’re rude or stupid but judging by many of your other posts on here I’d suggest it’s probably both. All continental and global competitions would be every 3 years rather than 4. And clearly FIFA would decide on timing- who suggested otherwise? B...

A while back FIFA suggested that the World Cup could be every 3 years (after valid pushback to it being every two years). https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/20/fifa-float-idea-of-mens-world-cup-finals-every-three-years With the selection of Saudi Arabia for the “2034” World Cup, I wonder ...

Hi, With the new format in CL, EL and ECL, I'm wondering how will UEFA proceed for the draw of the 144 matches of league Stage. We only know there will be 4 pots of 9 teams and each team will play against 2 others from each pot. They will probably draw Pot1 Vs Pot2 Then 3Vs4, 1vs3, 2vs4, 1vs4, 2vs3...

So pot 2, 3 and 4 each have 4 teams that are known to go into a 4 team group and 8 teams of which 2 go into a 4 team group and 6 that go into a 5 team group Yes and it feels quite unbalanced in terms of the qualifying groups it might produce (assuming everyone takes nations league seriously and fin...

So pot 2, 3 and 4 each have 4 teams that are known to go into a 4 team group and 8 teams of which 2 go into a 4 team group and 6 that go into a 5 team group Yes and it feels quite unbalanced in terms of the qualifying groups it might produce (assuming everyone takes nations league seriously and fin...

There would be three days rest. The first 6 groups play on Wednesday and Thursday with matches 2-4 of Last 32 on the following Monday. The single match on the Sunday could be played (say) between two of the runners up from the groups which complete on the Wednesday.

New potential FIFA calculation principle for the 4-year ranking (Club World Cup): https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/30-10-2023/mondiale-per-club-juve-piu-vicina-con-la-classifica-fifa.shtml?refresh_ce And conveniently under these new FIFA rankings Barcelona look well positioned to qua...

The Italian media (including Gazzetta dello Sport) is quite sure that the ranking will only include CL match and bonus points: https://amp.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/sportmediaset/article/69484682 This Italian article from Friday shows the two different qualification standings in the CL only and all...

Of course all bets are off if conflict continues and Israel can’t kick a ball in November, eg if the squad are still not allowed to travel, leaving four Israel Euro 2024 qualifying matches unplayed. At that point I assume they settle the group excluding Israel matches and then make the draw for Play...

So what are the options for Kosovo vs Israel? 1- Play it before the November qualifiers, eg in the midweek between champions league MD3 and MD4 or perhaps the weekend before the rearranged match vs Switzerland, so 4 back to back matches for Israel (this option seems unlikely) 2. Leave it until after...