In reply to: Do all three countries get automatic qualification? * posted by Irishted
And so with 3 autos, then everyone else would be fighting for the last 1.5 or 2 spots. That's a tough sell considering 3 non soon-to-be-host teams qualified for those spots this rotation.
Central America and Caribbean would get hosed if they just give spots to hosts out of regular CONCACAF slots and don't free up at least 2.5 spots for rest of confederation.
In the past, all hosts have automatically qualified -- including both Japan and South Korea in 2002. But as we know all too well, FIFA makes up its own rules as it goes along. It is expected that FIFA will decide this issue at its June 2019 meeting in Paris.
The groups and knockout stage?
Top two teams from each group go into the knock-out stages. No room for errors in that format...
I assume?
That's the point, right? To put on a mini-World Cup the year before as a practice run.
Into question I believe.
Don’t recall the specifics but I remember hearing something on SiriusXM about reworking the off year international competitions, including the confed cup.