Hello everyone, I bring you a file that maintains the world cups with 32 selections, with the same format that it had until Qatar 2022.
Database features:
- World Cup with 32 teams
-Copa América with 16 teams (6 from CONCACAF)
- The places by confederation that were held until 2022 are maintained
- Concacaf:
By 2026 :
Mexico, the United States and Canada qualify directly, so there are only 1.5 places left.
- First round the remaining 32 teams go to 8 groups of 4 teams, the leaders of each group advance to the second round.
- Second round: 2 groups of 4 teams, the two leaders advance.
- Third round: The two leaders of the previous round play back and forth, the winner goes to the World Cup, the loser to the intercontinental play-off.
For 2030 and beyond:
- First round: 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams, the leaders and the 3 best seconds advance.
- Second round: 3 groups of 4 teams, the first places go to the World Cup, the best second advances to the intercontinental play-off.
CAF
- First Round: 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams, first place advances.
- Second round: The 10 teams face direct elimination, the winner of each series goes to the World Cup.
AFC
- First Round: 12 groups of 3 or 4 teams, the first two of each group advance.
- Second round: 4 groups of 6 teams each, the first places advance to the World Cup, the second best goes to the intercontinental play-off.
Separate qualifiers are created for the Asian Nations Cup.
The UEFA, OFC and CONMEBOL qualifiers remain in the same format, only the quotas are modified.
Intercontinental play-offs:
They return to the format that was in place until 2022, with 2 round-trip rounds.
To install it, you just have to copy the downloaded file to the editor data folder and select it when starting a new game:
Path to install:
Windows: \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2023\editor data
Download file https://www.mediafire.com/folder/tgk198ocb0q9d/world_cup_32_teams: