Qatar: Marginally Above Soccer Futility
- Fred
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Before the World Cup started, we predicted the worst 2 teams in the tournament.
48th (Last): Haiti
47th: Qatar
Now, believe it or not, we're not bullies at Beacon of Speech. We rooted for Haiti because their country is one step above anarchy and their soccer program doesn't have any resources. They exist through grit and the love of the game.
Qatar, on the other hand, they are what's wrong with soccer.
Now we still don't know who's going to win the 2026 World Cup, but we can tell you who lost:
48th: Iraq - 0 Points, -11 goal differential
47th: Tunisia - 0 Points, -10 goal differential
46th: Uzbekistan - 0 Points, -9 goal differential
45th: Haiti - 0 Points, -6 goal differential
44th: Jordan - 0 Points, -5 goal differential
43rd: Panama - 0 Points, -4 goal differential
42nd: Qatar - 1 Point, -8 goal differential (worse than Curacao based on TCS)
For teams like Uzbekistan, Haiti, or Jordan, just getting to the World Cup in 2026 was a victory.
But just a reminder, the 2022 World Cup had 32 teams, this version has 48. I'm not complaining about the 48, I think that number is perfect and I loved the format this time around. But without the expansion, Qatar would be sitting at home, watching the games on Telemundo.
All you people bitching about the Egypt Game or Folarin Balogun's Red Card Suspension being shortened, just remember, FIFA is the most corrupt sports organization on the planet. Qatar spent up to a billion dollars on bribes to FIFA officials to host in 2022, and over 6,000 people died building Qatar's stadiums.
2026 showed that you cannot build a soccer champion with piles of cash or on the backs of thousands of dead bodies.
And, just another reminder, success story Cape Verde's population is about 500,000 versus 3 million for Qatar, showing a hot goalie and cagey teamwork trumps cash....
Sometimes.
You say this World Cup is as corrupt as the last one in Qatar? Uh, charging outlandish ticket prices is a much different level of corruption than building your stadiums on top of the mass graves of migrant workers.
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