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Doing anything by FIFA rankings is the most absurd thing ever, never mind basically getting a free pass to a 50/50 shot at World Cup qualification.
Is there any reason it needs to be some massively convoluted four round process? Federations with more teams seem to make it far less complicated... why not just start with 8 groups of 4, winner of each group goes through to two groups of 4. All teams get at least 6 games and a shot at moving on for full qualification, and then 8 teams get another 6 to qualify. Infinitely more fair and less fixture congestion as well.
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