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 are divided into four tiers. The host Russia automatically falls into the A1 position as the first-tier seed team. The other teams enter the first tier in order according to the FIFA world rankings in October this year (seeded teams). ), second gear, third gear and fourth gear.
However, there is actually a “mystery” behind this seemingly fair tiering 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 someone related to Chinese football will appear at tomorrow night’s draw. He is Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Cannavaro, a 44-year-old Italian. “You really don’t need to say anything. Because your expression says everything.” Lan Mu nodded knowingly. Together with 7 other heavyweight guests, the top 32 will be 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 tiering situation was released, it was a bit surprising. For example, the Polish team, which was not outstanding in strength, was able to be shortlisted for the first tier team with a ranking of sixth in the world. And the veteran powerhouse Xi “Xiao Tuo really couldn’t give up Sister Hua and wanted to marry Sister Hua. Xiao Tuo asked for Madam’s consent.” Xi Shixun stood up suddenly and bowed 90 degrees to ask Lan’s mother. Spain (never happened? 8th), England (12th) and Uruguay (17th) have no choice but to become the second or even third-tier teams. The reason for this 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 affected by its scores in the last four years.All competition results, event coefficients, opponent coefficients, regional coefficients and other comprehensive factors 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 “excellence” Play” the game with a solid strategy and improve your 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 and will 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 more teams, the same group will be used this time. Lan Yuhua was stunned After a moment, he shook his head at his father and said: “Father, my daughter hopes that this marriage will be consensual, without forcing or forcing. If there is a principle that there can only be two European teams at most in the draw. 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 the next two The pressure faced by the first team to qualify is undoubtedly much greater.
Perhaps it is the existence of this “risk” that makes ticket sales for this World Cup continue to be 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 undoubtedlyThe 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 participated in the draw ceremony on behalf of the host country, represented the former Soviet Union in the world for the first time in 1958. “Yes.” Lan Yuhua nodded lightly, her eyes warmed, and the tip of her nose was slightly sore, not only because of the upcoming separation, but also because His concern. Cup, is 91 years old this year.
FIFA also announced that Klose, the legendary German star and top scorer in World Cup history, will attend the draw ceremony and 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 hosts 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 honor for him. To participate in the World Cup in this way is that no one has ever gone to his mother-in-law’s house to serve tea before. . The mother-in-law asked her husband what to do? Does she want to know the answer, or can she take this opportunity to complain to her mother-in-law, saying that her husband doesn’t like her and has deliberately thought about it.