By NicCarBel - 17 Feb 2017 6:58 PM
Ok, so I got really bored at work the other day, and thought to myself: "How interesting would it be if there was no World Cup qualifiers, and it was just straight knockout, home and away ties all the way until the grand final?"
So, thanks to FIFA World Cup 2014 (a little bit outdated, but I'll probably do it again when the 2018 World Cup game comes out next year), I can make this happen. Here are the draw rules:
Because I'm using FIFA WC 2014 game, that means of the current 211 FIFA members, there are only 203 nations present (Kosovo and Gibraltar hadn't joined FIFA yet, and Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Mauritania, Mauritius and South Sudan didn't enter).
Even though I'm using FIFA WC 2014, I will be using the CURRENT FIFA Rankings for the seedlings. Seedlings are only used for the first two rounds as follows:
Byes are only to the 2nd round. This is to make a clean 128 nations remaining. Therefore, the top 53 nations, all get a bye through to the second round. (Unfortunately, Australia is 54, so.. we are in the first round.)
Other than that, anyone can be drawn with anyone. The team drawn first is the Home nation for the second leg.
Winner on Aggregate advances. Extra Time and penalties if needed in the second leg. Away goals rule does not affect Extra Time.
This will continue until the FIFA World Cup Final (currently scheduled to be held over 2 legs. This might change to an NPL style of who will host the single leg final)
Because I don't have 203 ping pong balls / tiny pieces of paper, I have used a number generator to determine the draw for the first round. This is so I did not see countries until I typed them in after generating the list of rankings. I will post the first round when I have typed it all out, because at the moment I only have the ranking numbers.
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By Munrubenmuz - 13 Oct 2023 2:07 PM
Had a quick look. Nice one.
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