Alternate WC : Continental Cups are Qualifiers (1962-?). A Football TL

Host for WC 1970 ?

  • Argentina

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • Australia

    Votes: 3 50.0%
  • Colombia

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Japan

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • Mexico

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • Peru

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Five

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    6
  • Poll closed .
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Close, very very close, but I’m staying with National teams for now.That should give you a big hint.
But I do plan to make a UCL timeline next year when I’ll have learnt more about European squads from the 60s to the 80s that’s for sure.

Would be interesting giving the Scottish teams a better chance at winning, especially in the 60's when that was really their golden age, hell in 1967 you had two Scottish teams in two European finals and another a semi final just to give you an idea how good some of them were.
 

Gust

Donor
By the way, how were qualifiers determined prior to a continent's respective continental tournament being established?
 
By the way, how were qualifiers determined prior to a continent's respective continental tournament being established?
The TL started in '62 so most tourneys already existed. For those that didn't, I "created" them early and just qualified the country that qualified for the WC at the time.

Would be interesting giving the Scottish teams a better chance at winning, especially in the 60's when that was really their golden age, hell in 1967 you had two Scottish teams in two European finals and another a semi final just to give you an idea how good some of them were.
It's this period I'm not really knowledgeable about. I only got into the older history recently, so I'm going to need a few months of reading to get it ready. While waiting, my new TL will be starting today with the introduction post.
 

Gust

Donor
I suppose this could be the allocation for the 2026 World Cup:

3 - Canada, United States, and Mexico,

2 - International Playoffs between 6 six. (See below)

8 - AFC: 8 quarterfinalists. Playoffs between ro16 teams would determine who makes it to the international playoffs.

9 - CAF: 8 quarterfinalists + 1 playoff winner between 8 ro16 teams. Runner-up of these playoffs would make it to the international playoff.

3 - CONCACAF: 3 best teams other than the hosts. If needed, playoffs would be held to determine 3rd, 5th, or 5/6th. (This depends on how well the hosts do). The next two teams would then make it to the playoffs.

6 - CONMEBOL: 4 semifinalists + 2 playoffs winners between quarterfinalists. Should a non-CONMEBOL team make it to the quarterfinals, then fewer playoffs may be required. The playoff team would be whoever played 7th (or 8th if a non-CONMEBOL team made it to the quarterfinal).

1 - OFC: 1 champion. The runner-up would make it to the international play-offs.

16 - UEFA: 16 ro16 teams.
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Playoffs would be a single-elimination tournament consisting of six teams. The top 2 would qualify. Two teams receive byes according to the official world rankings.

In years where CONCACAF doesn't host, the 4 semifinalists would qualify, along win two playoffs winners between the quarterfinalists. The losers of these playoffs would then play for a spot in the international playoffs.
 
That's more or less what would happen, except in this TL due to Australia hosting WC 1970 and the performance of Oceanian teams, Oceania has one locked in spot, removed from CONMEBOL. Here it would be in the continuation, so Oceania would have two slots, with the third moving to playoffs. Additionally if an invited team does not qualify in their own region but does take a qualified spot in another, it qualifies anyways (only happened once so far with Honduras).
 
My new timeline is up by the way, it is called Silver Road and Golden Stripes ans is available in my signature.
 
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