World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

[wisconsincule]

No he is from Bangladesh.

Haha of course

 

[L3v1s]

Too many boring groups, no surprise with the addition of so many new teams. I made a potential knockout stage, also taking into account the favorites to qualify via the play offs. This is just a guess of course. Also I'm a bit confused on how 3rd placed teams will get paired.

 

[Illuminator]

Don’t understand why Uzbekistan was moved either. Seemed like they made up the rules on the go.

I was curious and found this, it's because of the playoff groups and the possible nations that qualify:
Before the draw even started it was already known that the winner of the Iraq playoff would be in a group with 2 European teams and 1 African team due to the 1 team per confederation rule. When Uzbekistan was drawn, group I was the only group remaining that would make this possible.