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Europe, CONCACAF losers
NEW YORK. Oct 29: If Africa was the big winner. Europe and CONI'AC AF. were the' big losers in the World Cup sweepstakes.
By getting a total of five berths in the next two World Cups - now expanded from 24 to 32 teams. Africa has almost tripled its allotment since 1990. when it had two. reports AP.
, Thq,Justification by FIFA-secretary general Sepp Blatter was that African soccer has grown, and many of its players are making their living in European leagues: Ghana’s Abide Pele with Torino in Italy: Nigeria's Rashid! Yekinl with Olymplakos of Greece: Nigerian Daniel Amokoche with Everton in England; and Zimbabwe's Bruce Grobbelaar at England's Southampton.
Withjjnly 10 nations. South America seems content with four guaranteed berths and an extra for defending champions Brazil. Half of its membership will be in France.
Asia seemed to make out well too. getting three guarantees for 1998 with a good possibility of a fourth If one of its teams can beat Australia or New Zealand Four are guaranteed for 2002 with a possible fifth when the World Cup is _ guaranteed to be played in Asia
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) governs J con tlnent. which despite having over half of the world's population. doesnt have a team rated higher than 38th in the all-time World Cup rankings.
On'the losing side Oceania Mill is not guaranteed a spot at
the big party. It has only 10 member nations, most of them the likes of micro-minnows Fiji, Tahiti and Vanuatu, and Blatter said that would be essentially assuring Australia of a trip once every four years.
Legitimate losers were Europe,, who had seven of the eight quarterfinalists at the 1994 World Cup. and CONCACAF. who had both of its teams advance to the second round of 1994 before being nalists.
With 49 nations. Europe is second only Africa (51) in FIFA membership.
It has won seven of the 15 World Cup titles and unquestionably has the best professional league In the world.
FIFA president Joao Have-lange. a Brazilian, suggested .to the executive committee that Europe get 16 berths (including the host in 1998) and CONCACAF four, while limiting Africa to four.
A second proposal by the confederation presidents to the committee, according CONCACAF head Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago, had 15 for Europe, five for South America, three for Asia plus a playoff with Oceania. Africa with only four, and CONCACAF three.
The remaining berth was to be decided in playoff between CONCACAF and Africa.
UEFA president Lennart Johansson, a Swede, savs he's happy with Europe's 15. Apparently, most other Europeans are not.
French daily 1'Equipe on Friday called the outcome of this week's meetings a big loss for Europe and Havelange.
While South America is as-
sured. at least for 1998. of half of its membership. Europe gets less than a third of its members in.
While CONCACAF might be content with only three, it may have deserved better.
In the all-time World Cup rankings. Mexico Is the highest rated learn (18th) of any nation- in North-Central America. Asia or Africa.
Africa's highest-rated team is Cameroon. 28th, only one spot better than the United States. Saudi Arabia is Asia's best (38th). only one place better than Costa Rica- (39th).
Africa has been making its claim for more representation at the World Cup ever since Cameroon reached the quarterfinals in 1990. But the ''Indomitable Lions" finished a poor 22nd in 1994. Only one of Africa's three teams. Nigeria. made it out of the first round in the United States, and advanced no further than the second.
"You win some and you lose," Warner said.
Perhaps the best thing to come out this week’s meeting in New York was Havelange's suggestion to put the FIFA presidential election in a four-year pycle opposite that to the World Cup.
Havelangp won a sixth term in. June, some say. because he “bought" smaller confederations like Africa and Asia, with promises Of more World Cup berths.
The argument for changing the cycle of the election was depoliticise the World Cup. The idea might be accepted, since FIFA has seen how one person already has made the World Cup a political issue.