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#4 No unnecessary quarter-finals unlike other World Cups
Why do we need a quarter-final (QF) when there are just 10 competitive teams in a tournament?
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The quarter-finals dilute the importance of the round-robin games in World Cups. For instance, in the previous two World Cup editions, seven teams from each group fought for four places to grab their QF entry. Out of the seven teams, only five teams have had a genuine chance to qualify as the other two were Associate Nations.
Only the seven knock-out games have had pertinence in the previous two editions. Now, the ICC has learnt from their past mistakes as they removed the unnecessary QFs from the World Cup schedule.
With only four spots up for the grab instead of usual eight, every game will become crucial in the upcoming World Cup 2019.
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