Tomorrow night at 11 o’clock Beijing time, the 2018 Russia World Cup group draw ceremony will be held at the Moscow Kremlin. According to FIFA rules, 32 teams were divided into 32 teams. Although Cai Xiu was very anxious, he still ordered himself to calmly give the lady a satisfactory answer to calm her down. In the fourth pot, the host Russia automatically falls into the A1 position as the first-grade seed team. The other teams enter the first pot (seed team), second pot, third pot and fourth pot in order according to the FIFA world rankings in October this year.
However, there is actually a “mystery” behind this seemingly fair grading rule. In order to improve their rankings, some teams take advantage of loopholes in the rules to “play less games and earn more points.” . Because of this, a few traditional giants, including the Spanish team, failed to qualify for the first pot this time, which also means that the “death group” will inevitably appear, and there will be more than one. It is worth mentioning that there will be someone related to Chinese football at the draw tomorrow night. He is Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Cannavaro. The 44-year-old Italian will join 7 other heavyweight guests. The top 32 teams were grouped on site.
The Spanish team is not as good as the Polish team?
Half a month ago, as the Peruvian team successfully caught the last train to Russia, the ranking of the top 32 of the World Cup was also released. According to relevant FIFA regulations, the draw rules for this World Cup have changed slightly. The top 32 brackets are based on the FIFA points rankings in October 2017. In addition to the host Russia automatically becoming the first-tier team, the remaining teams in the finals will be ranked according to their points in October. The 7 teams with the highest points will become the first-tier teams together with Russia, and the remaining 24 teams will be ranked according to their points in October. The team enters the second gear, the third gear and the fourth gear in sequence.
After the final classification was released, people were a little surprised. For example, at the end, when he was kicked out of the new house to entertain guests after drinking the wine, his strength was not outstanding. He was reluctant to leave. He felt…he didn’t know what to feel anymore. The Polish team was able to qualify as a first-tier team with a ranking of sixth in the world, while the veteran powerhouses Spain (8th), England (12th) and Uruguay (17th) had no choice but to become second-tier or even third-tier teams. , and the reason for this situation is FIFA’s ranking points system.
In 2006, FIFA reformed the original ranking points system. In the new system, a national team’s final points are determined by all games played in the last four years.Comprehensive factors such as performance, competition coefficient, opponent coefficient, and regional coefficient are affected. Therefore, the team no longer only needs to participate in more games to gain more points, but when the results and quality of the games reach a certain standard, it is possible to improve the team’s points ranking. Teams such as Poland are using chickens. It will leave the nest when it grows up. In the future, they will face the ups and downs outside, and will no longer be able to hide under the wings of their parents and be carefree. The strategy of “playing hard” in the game is stable and improves one’s ranking.
The “demotion” of the British and Spanish gave birth to the “Group of Death”
Since Spain, England and other traditional strong teams participated in official matches and friendly matches as usual, their points rankings did not rise but fell. In the existing Under the graded system, they can only swallow this “bitter pill”. However, FIFA has recognized this loophole. An official said that FIFA is currently reviewing the national team ranking points system to ensure that the team is not affected by such objective factors to the greatest extent.
Although the principle of avoiding the same continent in the draw rules still exists, for UEFA, which has many teams, this time the same group can only have a maximum of two The draw will be based on the principle of a European team. However, in view of the current “relegation” factors of strong teams such as Spain and England, the possibility of a death group in this World Cup has greatly increased. Once the first-tier Brazil, Argentina, Germany, and France encounter the two strong teams of England and Spain, then there will be The pressure faced by the two teams to qualify is undoubtedly much greater.
Perhaps it is the existence of this “risk” that keeps ticket sales for this World Cup booming. According to the British BBC, 2.5 million tickets are expected to be sold for this World Cup. The first phase of ticket sales before the draw ceremony was quite good. So far, 742,760 tickets have been successfully sold. Data shows that 53% of the ticket buyers From Russia itself. With the group draw results coming out this Friday, ticket sales in the second phase will also be very optimistic.
Maradona leads the draw of eight major stars
Although the Chinese men’s football team will miss next year’s World Cup in Russia, fans can still see people related to Chinese football at the Kremlin tomorrow night at the draw ceremony. According to the latest news from FIFA, eight guests participating in the draw ceremony have been confirmed. They are Maradona, Cannavaro, Puyol, Blanco, Cafu, Forlan, Banks and Russia. of Simoyan. Evergrande coach Cannavaro is undoubtedly the one with the closest relationship with Chinese football.
Among these eight guests, Maradona, Cannavaro, Puyol, Blanco, Cafu and goalkeeper Banks have all helped their The country won the World Cup, and Forlan represented Uruguay in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, leading Uruguay to the semi-finals in 2010. Simoyan, who represented the host country in the draw ceremony, represented the former Soviet Union in the World Cup for the first time in 1958. He is 91 years old this year.
She shook her head vigorously, reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with concern: “Mother, how do you feel? Are you feeling unwell? Daughter-in-law, please bear with it. “” FIFA also announced that the legendary German star and the world “understand that my mother is not just doing a few boring things to pass the time, it is not as serious as you said.” Klose, the top scorer in the history of the Cup, will attend the draw ceremony, and he will bring the Hercules Cup to the Kremlin on behalf of the German team. Like previous draw ceremonies, which were hosted by football superstars and host beauties, this time the on-site host It will be England star Lineker and Russian sports reporter Marina Komanaya. In an interview, Lineker, who has represented England in two World Cups, said that this is a supreme event for him. The honor of participating in the World Cup in this way was something I had never thought about before.