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Hello,

First of all, I want to point out no team has won the U21 Consolation Tournament after World Repechage. The reason seems obvious, start the competition at 0-2 is a too important handicap.
I remind you even if you win 1 or 2 games during Repechage, you always start Consolation Tournament at 0-2.

My idea is : Give to the teams eliminated after World cup Repechage their results against other teams eliminated and therefore remove the result against the group's team qualifies for the World Cup.

To give you a concrete example : Repechage - Pool C U21

Al jazair U21 Loss against Greece and Peru
Last game against Malaysia (Malaysia U21 loss against Greece and Peru)
If Al jazair win the game, they start the Consolation Tournament with 1-1 or if they loss, they start at 0-2.
The winner of Peru vs Greece will go to World Cup and the looser will start Consolation at 2-0.

Don't hesitate to react

Best Regards,
Nemausus

It's a very good suggestion, but I think that this system has been thought to help the weakest teams.

Teams in the Repe are those that didn't win Continentals, and are arguably weaker than those that qualified directly for World's. This could lead to teams throwing World's qualifying matches to guarantee 2 easier games and get into World's at 2-0. It isn't fair to the teams that did what they needed to by qualifying directly and facing more difficult competition.

Please understand, what was written there, before you say something: teams qualified through WC qualifier to proper round of competition, will still begin with 0-0 record according to that sugestion. We are talking only about teams, which will parachute to Consolation Tournament after lost qualifiers.

Of course I support this suggestion: I was a U21 manager once and I would like to share my thoughts. Firstly, in U21 the strength of team is said to vary strongly between the seasons - so, if I know, that my team won't qualify to continental finals, and in next season my roster will be much weaker and I don't have a chance to qualify to WC, I may start to throw the games during the season to get qualified to CT directly and improve my chance to host the continentals later. Secondly, due to differences in strength between teams (Europeans are most likely to qualify, Asians and Americans have few chances, Africans actually don't count) and the format of tournament (one lost match eliminates you in 90% cases), most of games are likely to be a dead rubbers - both teams know, that won't get through. This suggestion may increase the stake of games and make them more competitive.

Last edited by Siwy at 6/7/2016 9:47:54 AM

This as been suggested a number of times already in past seasons. BB has chose not to change it still.

So maybe you should WO all the consolation tournament!