{"id":3455,"date":"2011-03-05T07:19:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T12:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2011-03-05T07:19:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T12:19:15","slug":"concacaf-denied-extra-wc-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/03\/05\/concacaf-denied-extra-wc-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"CONCACAF Denied Extra WC Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started to call this one 3 is enough.  I am not sure why CONCACAF seriously thought they could be granted an <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/sports\/soccer\/news\/_\/id\/6177292\/concacaf-region-falls-short-bid-added-slot-2014-world-cup\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/sports\/soccer\/news\/_\/id\/6177292\/concacaf-region-falls-short-bid-added-slot-2014-world-cup', 'extra guaranteed spot');\" target=\"_blank\">extra guaranteed spot<\/a> in the 2014 World Cup.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FIFA\u2019s executive committee decided Thursday that all six continental confederations will have the same number of qualifying spots for the 2014 tournament in Brazil as they did for last year\u2019s World Cup in South Africa. But it did change the playoff system for the final berths in the 32-nation field to a draw rather than fixed pairings.<\/p>\n<p>CONCACAF will still have three automatic berths and the chance to win a fourth in a playoff. Europe kept its 13 qualifying spots and Africa its five, although it does lose the host spot it had last year. South America will have four qualifying berths, the chance to win a fifth in a playoff plus Brazil as the host.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the executive committee turned down CONCACAF\u2019s request for a fourth guaranteed slot among the 31 available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to make always everybody happy. If we look at the sporting results of the World Cup in 2010 there was no reason to change anything,\u201d Blatter said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am on the \u201cGet Sepp Blatter out \u2026 FIFA board is corrupt \u2026 etc\u201d bandwagon, but I agree with this decision.  I would be willing to bet that even under favorable playoff circumstances, CONCACAF will not manage to land that fourth slot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started to call this one 3 is enough. I am not sure why CONCACAF seriously thought they could be granted an extra guaranteed spot in the 2014 World Cup. 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