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Topic: tournament format

Football fans outside a stadium during a FIFA World Cup

Tuesday, 6/23, 06:33 PM

Does the World Cup's new format make the last group games unfair?

FIFA's expanded 48-team tournament keeps the four-team groups and simultaneous final kickoffs designed to stop collusion.
But the new round of 32 and the chase for eight 'best third-placed' spots have revived an old question about fairness on the last matchday.

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