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A standard round-robin tournament is used, in which all teams play each other once. Because the number of total games increases quadratically with respect to the number of teams, scheduling too many teams will result in an unwieldy number of games, particularly when there are a limited number of playing surfaces (championship curling arenas usually only have four or five sheets).
First round: Teams were drawn into nine groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group will qualify for the World Cup. Second round: The four best-ranked group runners-up will participate in a play-off to determine which team will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Asia Qualifier A: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 30 August to 9 September 2024 in Malaysia. EAP Qualifier B: Four teams played double round-robin matches from 28 September to 5 October 2024 in South Korea. Asia Qualifier B: Seven teams played round-robin matches from 19 to 28 November 2024 in Qatar. Asia–EAP Regional Final: To be ...
The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as the loser of quarter-final 1 (Spain or the Netherlands) will be involved in the Nations League A quarter-finals in March, they will not begin their qualifying campaign until June 2025.
The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout rounds of the World Cup. Here's what happens if there's a tie. World cup format explained: Rules for tiebreakers, how teams advance to the ...
The top twenty-eight CONCACAF teams in the FIFA rankings of December 2023 entered in the second round, joined by the two winners of the first round. Teams were drawn into six groups of five teams, and will play single round-robin matches (two home and two away). The six group winners and six group runners-up will advance to the third round.
The grid includes Round of 16 matchups — say, the Group A winner (1A) vs. the Group B runner-up (2B) — and beyond, allowing teams and fans to plot paths all the way through the tournament.
The teams were seeded into five pots: Pots 1 to 4 each contained twelve teams, and Pot 5 contained six teams. FIFA, in consultation with UEFA, announced the allocation of teams to the five pots following the completion of the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League. The teams were drawn into twelve groups: six groups of four teams ...