rusty217 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I love the idea of an expanded CWC every 4 years, but I'm not really sold on the format currently in the game. Anybody have any suggestions for a new format? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotinTarnation Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) You could try to do standalone CWC qualification by taking the top n teams from each league and taking them through qualification for the final 32 spots. Here's what I would go to: European Big 5 leagues (France, Italy, England, Spain, Germany): 5 spots each Lesser European leagues (Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland) plus Brazil and Argentina: 3 spots each All other South American leagues + Liga MX, MLS, J-League, CSL, Qatar Stars League and Saudi Pro League: 2 spots each Everyone else in FIFA: 1 spot each 257 teams, probably have say the Anguillan and San Marino representatives play in a playoff to decide who joins the other 255 in main qualifying. Format 1: Year 1 - Anguilla v San Marino preliminary playoff (2 legs), first 2/3rds of First Round (16 groups of 16, single round robin) - 12 allocated matchdays Year 2 - Last third of First Round (Top 8 advance), first half of Second Round (16 groups of 8, double round robin) - 12 allocated matchdays Year 3 - Second half of Second Round (Top 4 advance), Qualifying playoff (2 legs, 32 ties, winners qualify) - 9 allocated matchdays Year 4 - Club World Cup Format 2: Year 1 - Anguilla v San Marino preliminary playoff (2 legs), matchdays 1-10 of main qualifying (8 groups of 32, single round robin) - 12 allocated matchdays Year 2 - Matchdays 11-23 of main qualifying - 12 allocated matchdays Year 3 - Matchdays 24-31 of main qualifying (Winners qualify for the Club World Cup), qualifying playoff (Similar format to 2026 World Cup intercontinental playoff, teams ranked 5th-10th in groups play in first round, winners play teams ranked 2nd-4th in groups in second round, winners of 2nd round qualify for Cup World Cup. 2 legs for first and second rounds) - 12 allocated matchdays Year 4 - Club World Cup CWC: 8 groups of 4, top 2 advance to knockouts, carbon copy of 32 team WC format but held year before WC You could continue the continental competitions, you can not do them. Up to you. Edited July 22, 2022 by WotinTarnation Added info and fixed mistake 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkennedy22 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I've had an idea for this for a long time, but I'm not nearly talented enough with the Editor to make it happen. Yearly Club World Cup, played each August. 32 teams qualify, including: Previous year's CWC champion [1] Previous year's continental cup champion (UEFA Champs League, CONCACAF, Asian, CONMEBOL, Africa, Oceania) [6] Previous year's domestic top league champion for top 25 nations (Prem League, La Liga, Bundesliga, MLS, etc etc) [25] Then, seed them into 4 buckets. The top teams, like the champs of Prem League, La Liga, UCL, etc, would go into bucket 1. Bucket 4 would be the lowest leagues champs. Then, you do a ladder tournament, where the teams of buckets 3 & 4 play each other, winner playing teams from bucket 2, and winners of that playing bucket 1. With 8 teams per bucket, by the time the winners of the play-down games of buckets 2,3,4 play bucket 1, there would be 16 total teams left. That would mean a max of 4 games tourney for bucket 1 teams. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty217 Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 Thanks for the suggestions! I do quite like the idea of having qualifiers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoFreire98 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 The ideal CWC for me have to have 16 teams, the qualifieds can be: Last 4 UCL winners Last 4 Americas Champions League winners (Conmebol & Concacaf merged) Last 4 African champions Last 4 Asian/Oceania champions or 3 asian and 1 oceania. Maybe need to merge continents or create qualifying competition for those If a team win the continental competition twice, the runner up wins the spot 16 teams, 4 groups of 4 and the first 2 spots qualify for quarter finals, simple format Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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