Every two years, I'm dismayed to see the qualifying process for the World Cup, or the European Cup. Countries who have part time players get beaten convincingly each game and cannot possibly improve. Also different groups have differing numbers of teams which can sometimes result in skewed tables and differing numbers of games being played.
Instead, why not have the groups for qualification set at a sensible number of teams, with the top 2 or 3 teams going through with no knock out one-off games after. The higher ranked FIFA teams will make up most of the numbers in each group. However, the bottom places should be decided by pre-qualification with lower-ranked countries playing against each other in a league with the top 5 or 6 going into the main qualifiers. This way, these teams will improve and play matches of a competitive nature. The best will go through to the latter stages and provide better competition for "bigger" nations.
The bottom 2 or 3 from the main qualifying groups would have to qualify the next time around.
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