A little harsh. The plan was for only 20 of 24 to go through.
I said that this was a bit shitty for the 4 teams that don't make it, and it only adds like 40 minutes to the groups, so we've expanded it to 64 teams. It's good to be inclusive.
But if more teams had turned up to the wildcard that wouldn't have been the case.
And there are only so many spots available in the main tournament, due to other countries not taking up all their spots, for various reasons.
A little harsh. The plan was for only 20 of 24 to go through.
I said that this was a bit shitty for the 4 teams that don't make it, and it only adds like 40 minutes to the groups, so we've expanded it to 64 teams. It's good to be inclusive.
But if more teams had turned up to the wildcard that wouldn't have been the case.
And there are only so many spots available in the main tournament, due to other countries not taking up all their spots, for various reasons.
The orginal plan was 9 teams from 36.