FIFA World Cup

[Magpie]

Gone early and added England 👀

[Stifler]

19 minutes ago, Magpie said:

Gone early and added England 👀

Qatar have also qualified today.

[Magpie]

And Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 

 

And Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 

 

List updated 

 

 

Edited October 14, 2025 by Magpie

[MagPar]

6 minutes ago, Magpie said:

 

And Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 

For big Sol Bamba.

[ramirez]

A bit of a way off but hate when draws done with placeholder positions in. 

[Magpie]

France added to the list, qualified tonight. 
 

I’ve also added Norway who pretty much all but qualified today. Italy need to beat them 10-0 on Sunday. 
 

First major tournament for the Vikings since Euro 2000 and first World Cup since 1998.

[Magpie]

Ronaldo got a straight red last night meaning three match ban. If they qualify automatically, which is likely as they play Armenia on Sunday, then he’ll miss the first two group games at the World Cup. 

Wonder how FIFA/UEFA will work this so one of their golden boys ain’t suspended.

[Magpie]

UEFA play off picture 

 

Four brackets like this, draw is Thursday 

 

 

Edited November 18, 2025 by Magpie

[gbandit]

Why are the playoffs happening so late, surely it could have been done earlier?

[Funtime Frankie]

I have horrible feeling Italy will draw Sweden just in time for Isak to get match fit and eliminate the Italians and add to their wait to compete in a world cup

[Stifler]

There is the possibility of some major upsets in the CONCACAF qualifiers later tonight.

[SteV]

6 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Why are the playoffs happening so late, surely it could have been done earlier?

There’s no international break between now and March?

 

*and I feel confident in saying on behalf of the vast majority of fans, like fuck do we want anymore.

[SteV]

5 minutes ago, Stifler said:

There is the possibility of some major upsets in the CONCACAF qualifiers later tonight.

Strong chance one those qualifiers ends up being DR Congo’s final opponent, isn’t there?

[gbandit]

Just now, SteV said:

There’s no international break between now and March?

 

*and I feel confident in saying on behalf of the vast majority of fans, like fuck do we want anymore.

Sure, I get that but it also doesn’t seem right that some countries and fans won’t know what’s happening until the end of March. Surely there’s some way they could have tacked it on to this break, they’ve just massively overcomplicated the qualifying process

[SteV]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

Sure, I get that but it also doesn’t seem right that some countries and fans won’t know what’s happening until the end of March. Surely there’s some way they could have tacked it on to this break, they’ve just massively overcomplicated the qualifying process

Logistically probably difficult, if teams (and fans) don’t know where they’re playing until days before.

 

Maybe they could have pre-arranged a neutral venue, a bit like they do with the Nations League finals I suppose. Still seems a chow on though.

 

As an aside, where the fuck do these inter-continent playoffs that Congo are in take place? Is that neutral?

[NSG]

22 minutes ago, Magpie said:

UEFA play off picture 

 

Four brackets like this, draw is Thursday 

 

 

 

Italy v North Macedonia again for the lolz 

[Magpie]

27 minutes ago, SteV said:

As an aside, where the fuck do these inter-continent playoffs that Congo are in take place? Is that neutral?

Being played in Mexico apparently.

 

The teams qualified so far are:

Iraq 

DR Congo

Bolivia

New Caledonia

 

And then the two best second placed team from the CONCACAF final games tonight. 
 

Massive game in Jamaica v Curacao, winner takes all

[SteV]

10 minutes ago, Magpie said:

Being played in Mexico apparently.

 

The teams qualified so far are:

Iraq 

DR Congo

Bolivia

New Caledonia

 

And then the two best second placed team from the CONCACAF final games tonight. 
 

Massive game in Jamaica v Curacao, winner takes all

Iraq v DR Congo in Mexico. Mint.

[cubaricho]

3 hours ago, SteV said:

Iraq v DR Congo in Mexico. Mint.

 

 

[Conjo]

4 hours ago, Funtime Frankie said:

I have horrible feeling Italy will draw Sweden just in time for Isak to get match fit and eliminate the Italians and add to their wait to compete in a world cup

 

They draw Denmark, Højlund bags them the winner while Isak plays the whole game and has like 2-3 touches of the ball, with him losing possession every time.

[TheBrownBottle]

5 hours ago, Magpie said:

UEFA play off picture 

 

Four brackets like this, draw is Thursday 

 

 

 

The NL teams are the biggest pisstake of all.  Trying to think of a more desperate, stupid and convoluted way of doing what should be a relatively straightforward tie between group runners-up.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m still thinking. 

[gazza ladra]

5 hours ago, Stifler said:

There is the possibility of some major upsets in the CONCACAF qualifiers later tonight.

 

[The Butcher]

22 of 23 players in their squad born in Holland

[Stifler]

25 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

22 of 23 players in their squad born in Holland

It’s still officially part of the Netherlands.

[Sibierski]

England 

Jordan

Cape Verde

Curacao