19:21It's the best way to do it tbh
19:21Ideally it should be 1st against 3rd :_polite:
19:21well group phase is kinda dictated with 3 host this time
19:21Japan, Spain and Germany were all in 1 group back then
19:21:man_rowing_boat::man_rowing_boat::man_rowing_boat:
19:21Kind of new. A lot to take in. ^^U
19:23Similar format to the Euros
19:23it's so not all the best teams go against each other so fast in the tournament
19:23~which is why only top 8 of 3rd best advances
19:25usually only 2 move on to the next round
19:25yeah alot of people have complained about that
19:27Yes, but there wasn't the issue that 8 if the 3rd places go past the group phase
19:27If you want good games at the qualifiers you need a reward to be first
19:28I try to focus in the match but Wawa chatting is interesting :grinning_face_with_sweat:
19:28previously it was lottery but it was BAAACK when, 90s or early 2000s
19:31yeah this world cup you can stat pad vs low teams
19:32double elimination round robin
19:34I thought it was always the normal top two
19:34yeah they threw in more in the hopes that more east asian countries would qualify
19:36It was 32 teams ... so 8 shite teams are there
19:36if it was bad team vs bad team then the stomp matches will just happen later, but in more highly anticipated slots
19:37I like the more groups qualifying, it's fun seeing "weaker" countries shoot their shot
19:38its meant to incentivise finishing at the top so that you face a weaker team
19:38it is kind of randomized, they divide teams in 4 categories depending on their level, this way they make the raffle go
19:41they should go back to 32 teams tbh