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Quote from: Leviathan.007 on July 12, 2023, 02:43:17 PM

That's something that is discussed before about the World Cup hosts getting automatic qualification without any condition with other teams.
The fact about this rule is some countries are not even in the situation to play in the world cup but they are playing there just because they are hosting it. But, imagine a country like America is hosting the next world cup but they don't play there, I think their people will lose interest to host this tournament, and maybe that's why they made this rule.

I don't agree with this argument. If just one country is hosting the tournament, then it is still OK. And in 2026, three countries are being given automatic qualification, and if they go through the regular qualification process then in all probability none of these teams would secure qualification. And things will get even more complicated in 2030, in case the combined bid from Argentina-Uruguay-Chile-Paraguay wins hosting rights. In this case 4 countries will be given automatic qualification and only two slots will be given for CONMEBOL qualifiers.

Imagine a weak team with bad potential which is not ready to play in the world cup and they don't deserve to play in this tournament host the world cup, we know instead of this team there could be one other team with a better situation and a stronger squad could get the qualification.
That's why I still think getting an automatic qualification is not fair at all.

There is nothing much to argue about in this rule which has been a rule that previous hosts have enjoined over the years. @Leviathan.007 how fair would it be that your country is a host of the world cup tournament with the so much inconveniences that follows the whole process of preparations and arrangement of hospitality to all tourists that would be in attendance? It makes no sense at all that's why the express slot are given to host countries and nothing unfair about that, it's rather understandable.