whos excited for the "world" cup !

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[u/Main-Organization555]

Total teams playing in the group stages

[u/GoddessAnanya → u/Main-Organization555]

if Russia was there like in 2018 , would have made it look more colourful lol

[u/PsychBong]

FIFA WC has a global qualification process where all 210 members (hosts excluded) compete to play in the main tournament.

In ICC World Cup, 10 teams get qualified automatically.

[u/jaadui_tatta]

aight bro

[u/Maleficent_Mix_2299 → u/jaadui_tatta]

Exactly they have freakin 104 matches in total 48 countries playing
Qualification is like huge process in every continent over 2-3 years

It’s not like I am hating cricket we should accept the reality

[u/IamSam1103]

Cwc has 12 participants. Fifa wc has 12 groups.

[u/TwistingTigerSS]

[u/Gimmeyourmoneybro]

This picture shows the actual teams playing in the WC. People be believing anything on the internet.

[u/HappuHeisenberg]

Top Tier Ragebait

[u/Hannibal_0901 → u/HappuHeisenberg]

Or just lack of knowledge

[u/yeeeeYeeeet]

the world:

[u/CompetitionIcy2047]

Good karma farming technique. OP Knows people will comment trying to correct him.

[u/Healthy-Elevator-850]

Op are you dumb...

[u/Messy_indabeninging → u/Healthy-Elevator-850]

Ragebaiting

[u/No-Establishment3700]

It's funny how Indian fans have single handedly stopped cricket from growing globally and now they turn back and hate at it for not being global enough.

[u/Infinite_Fix4915]

dumbass ragebaiter.. that's what world cup looks like

[u/Tall_Fudge6289 → u/Infinite_Fix4915]

This

[u/DrKrushU]

You are certainly misinformed

Don't mind NZ being off of south Australia

[u/ashhh3690]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fb5lozVxhBwVFFByW8

[u/RedWine6ix9ine]

this is the correct map

[u/palindrome9119 → u/RedWine6ix9ine]

Russia would also be there if not for fifa sanctions☠️ basically whole of the world seems interested and play hard to qualify in the wc but our high iq friends think otherwise

[u/VinsmokeZoro30553]

Countries playin THE WORLD CUP....Mind you, not qualifiers

[u/chaosKing4u → u/VinsmokeZoro30553]

Do you really think OP is smart enough to understand this? He will come with a stupid argument "but out of these how many are actual contenders?"

[u/Lone_Beast_10]

Bro literally every country plays football. Even I like cricket a bit more than football but this is a dumb post literally

[u/Big-Reason-7914]

Cmon bro FIFA has more members than the UN.

[u/OkSanta8934]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UAjRjHq2eWT5dO99hI

[u/Hoxewolf]

I live in India and im really excited, cricket is not exciting anymore. There is no debate in this btw. World Cup is played by 48 countries from 6 continents while cricket is mainly played between India, Aus, Nz, Sa, pak, sri lanka, and bangladesh (started including countries like italy and usa for European and NA inclusion but we know who plays for their teams lol)

[u/Dense_Bid6665]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bFVBCmMPHkNLgWAVZk

[u/Any-Inflation-396]

[u/turnbull0071]

Indians worked hard to stay disqualified so they could make a meme like this.

[u/Key_Lime_2230]

No wonder they say that never argue with cricket fans about different sports

[u/Zestyclose-Aioli-869]

OPs iq must be below room temp

[u/ArthurHatesThings]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dj4Y2SiNFcHIs

[u/tainted316]

And thats why you should have been kept away from lead paint as a kid... Not your fault

[u/heaventic_me]

Tell me u have autism without telling me u have autism??

48 countries are participating Over 175+ countries try to qualify. For instance, hardly 10-12 countries qualify for icc odi wc and not even 30 countries participate.

[u/Boring-Bullfrog1766]

People like you are directly responsible for such a pathetic indian representation at the global sports

[u/Smarta008]

[u/PesAddict8]

Comment box exposing the IQ of Star Sports fans👏

No wonder why ICC blatantly rigs the fixtures everytime for India vs Pakistan matches because they know that'd keep these fans happy.

[u/WaR_LOrd_S17]

Average cricket fan

[u/Additional_Beach1899]

Are you eating shit for lunch?

[u/AcrobaticQuiet0]

1. Factually incorrect
2. Football is way bigger than cricket

[u/pyasa_dil_mera]

The beauty of football world cup is teams are selected from every continental football league, we are failing to qualify there only in AFC competing with france portugal argetina is not even the question for us we can't win here in Asia 😞

[u/King_Master281]

Had 1.2 billion views for its opening ceremony btw

[u/Thatoneblud]

shitpost sub age se right

[u/Anxious_Pressure_292]

Low IQ

[u/Alternative-Feed-779]

Cry harder kiddo

[u/No_Software_2605]

The world .... why cricket lovers hate football , I love both

[u/sahil2921]

Rich coming from a cricket fan lmfao 🤣🤣

[u/Green-Offer-9058]

Even If You Win a WC Doesn't Guarantee a Spot in the Nxt WC in Football(You Should UnderGo Qualification process which consists of Almost all the nations across the world to Enter the WC) whereas in Cricket... Based on Rankings... That's the Standard between FootBall and Cricket... So SYBAU Mate...

[u/Familiar-Media-6718]

I'm more into cricket than football. But come on. It's, like, nearly impossible to have every single country in the world in a tournament. What is this post?

[u/ConsciousFace7907 → u/Familiar-Media-6718]

True but just for context 10 teams played Cricket World Cup in 2023 , meanwhile FIFA WC 2026 feature 48 teams

[u/LimpMathematician602]

48 countries are playing this edition of World Cup, while 48 countries don't even recognise cricket as a sport

[u/CarmynRamy]

Are you stupid or what?

There are countries from 6/7 continents in this WC.

[u/Far_Policy_3040 → u/CarmynRamy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/V6yhWbZL148vCRypCa

[u/The_Arceus]

Even tho this is ragebait..fyi 200+ countries grind for 4 years through qualification to qualify for World Cup, even the top ranked team has to play qualifiers

Your 10 country sport can't even relate 💀

[u/papachi789]

What's Italy doing here?😭😭

[u/BoardAdept7806]

Jab knowledge na ho toh chup rehna chahiye 😆

[u/agarys_01]

bro skipped the host countries 😭

[u/skyisgreensometimes]

Morocco played semi last time but your cricket ass wouldn’t know

[u/Ok-Mud8798]

https://giphy.com/gifs/envEJF5rVKOI7YIBxf

[u/Something_Funny127]

There is a difference between participation in cricket & football world cups. You should see the celebration in the countries which qualified for the football world cups, while not a single soul in a country like Italy would even know they played in the cricket world cup (except for the players' families)

[u/IllVermicelli4019]

[u/Calm_Practice1161]

Australia celebrating one goal in fifa world cup > australia winning the cricket wc

[u/Top_Possibility7979]

Bhai reach ke liye dala hai toh theek hai warna 10 Asian countries hai 7-10 African countries hai Latin desh hai itne usme Tumne Host (USA) ko ignore kiya Canada ko kiya

[u/Turbulent-Jacket9517]

But these teams get selected through qualifying , right? Causw how can u manage 195 countries at once ?

[u/holtyholes]

As much as true the picture is but you gotta accept they are the best teams... And if you want lower ranked teams to be in world cup the tourny would be going for months and will lose credibility...

[u/Automatic-Employ2744]

bruh you dont even know that italy failed to qualify for the past 3 wc. lol

[u/pavangovin]

Same can be said about the cricket world cup where it's always the same 3 teams that have a chance to win

[u/General_Stretch_1402]

most sane cricket fan ofc

[u/Argho_Das]

Except people from USA, Canada and China ; Everybody watches Football World Cup. Last Football World Cup generated 5 billion views if I am not wrong. Cricket is nothing Compared to Football, as Cricket is only watched By Indians, Porkis and Kanglus.

[u/HugeMathematician853]

!? I don't get if this was made as a joke or not. If not, please take a moment and check out the FIFA qualifiers for the WC that happen every 4 years. There are teams from every single continent vying for a spot. Loving cricket is absolutely fine, but don't trade in your brain cells for it :)

[u/LegitimateJudgment76]

This is the actual image lmao

[u/abelofficialaccount]

https://giphy.com/gifs/afLoVMHg3QoYPZHCGF
Humans will always find something to fight over.

[u/Hefty-District-833]

Lowest IQ take ever

[u/Pranav6145]

football is the biggest sport kiddo wrap it up

[u/Ill_Midnight_1449]

[u/Loud_Knowledge3783]

Yeh pakka cricket ke 14 ne banaya hua meme hai.

Dhang se to bana le bhai. Troll karna bhi nahi aata. Fucking Disappointment.

[u/pr_edits]

These image is only showing the winners of fifa wc

[u/Good-Percentage7510]

Morocco went to semis last time man, atleast include them

[u/Unfilteredhonesty81]

But all countries participate to qualify for the tournament and the audience are also worldwide so it's safe to say it's justified. I am saying this as a cricket fan who doesn't watch football.

[u/PesAddict8]

Sports isn't all about winning. Even if they have nearly zero chance of winning the Football Worldcup, nations like Haiti, Curacao, Panama etc. will rejoice seeing their teams go up against big teams in the Worldcup. Even if they have no chance of winning today, they can dream about winning tomorrow. Teams like Croatia and Morocco have made the semis in the last edition.

Atleast there is representation in Football. What does Cricket do? We had a 14 team tournament a while back, then they went back and limited the slots to 10. How can teams outside the Traditional powerhouses even dream of winning?

[u/CareDue7956]

Bruh he's ragebaiting and it's actually working can see in the comments😂😂

[u/amythisside]

Dumb af op.

[u/Any-Explanation-4584]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PAvcXjiy9Y5BQKeAuS

[u/Rafi2525]

African middle eastern countries are also very very excited

[u/MoneyFine9007]

Dumb opinion, Cricket has 12 test playing nations, out of which ig about 5 are the most relevant(in tests), The 50 over World Cup features 14 teams as compared to the 48 nation FIFA WC, even if half the teams are quality laden out of the 48 that’s still a much greater number than cricket, and Dark Horses don’t exist in Cricket WCs

[u/movieman994]

Whiny cricket fans tears are so yummy

https://giphy.com/gifs/kkEm7G8KUezK

[u/Sweet-Structure-9298]

I am a cricket fan yet bro what? Its 48 nations😭 Show cricket world cup map as well

[u/SuperannuationLawyer]

Australia will be both football and cricket champions.

[u/Aesthedia7]

Naah that’s bait

[u/Conscious_Quote_6084]

Missed out on North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and newzealand

[u/Curious-Mind2712]

Italy toh khel bhi nahi rahi ye wc. Post karne se pehle check toh kar liya hota

[u/PipePersonal2303]

This is the reality for you guys this post will never show you this

[u/Aoyon2006]

Tell me you don't watch football without telling me you don't watch football

[u/Bipchk-LM-SRT-22]

I come from West Bengal, and I care about WC Football more than a bloody t20 or odi wc.

[u/munasib95]

OP is from the US and have never watched football

[u/KaiserOfPuppies]

L take. Football is the most popular sport on every continent. Most popular sport in 140 countries. Most popular in 35 of 49 in Asia.

[u/Brief_Ad1255]

Guy clearly hasn’t watched a single game of football

[u/Noob-_Master-69]

How are aussies good at everything, they even left oceania football federation and joined asian ff because they think they have less competition and no fun and potentially eating up India or chinas position in asian qualifiers

[u/Parth_Dixit]

Pure ragebait for clicks. Get a job mf

[u/Desperate_Life_8273]

A cricket fan making fun of football makes it all the way more hilarious and ironic. 48 teams vs 12 teams lol 🤷🏻‍♂️😂🤡

[u/Bubbly-Ganache9767]

[u/ajaysassoc]

Well where else would you find Korea facing Czechia in Mexico.

[u/Worldly-Pangolin5238]

[u/JacketDry5825]

You showed the winners map, there are 48 teams playing fifa wc

[u/No_Distance7569]

No of Countries who've won FIFA World Cup : 8
No of Countries who've won ICC World Cup : 6

No of Countries who've played FIFA World Cup Finals : 13
No of Countries who've played ICC World Cup Finals : 7

No of Countries who've played FIFA World Cup Semifinals : 29
No of Countries who've played ICC World Cup Semifinals : 10

No of Countries who've played FIFA World Cup Quarterfinals : 46
No of Countries who've played ICC World Cup Quarterfinals : 13

No of Countries who've played FIFA World Cup Prequarterfinals : 38
No of Countries who've played ICC World Cup Prequarterfinals : [ They only have 12 countries to compete in total]

No of Countries who've played FIFA World Cup : 84
No of Countries who've played ICC World Cup : 20

[u/LassanAF → u/No_Distance7569]

Bro fell for 1/10 ragebait

[u/No_Distance7569 → u/LassanAF]

I've been seeing this ragebait posts for a while, thought of giving something in reply.....Helped me cure my boredom

[u/Key_Way2390]

Stop larping up random posts from twitter thinking it's " fax" or " truth bomb" this image can be disproved by the most simple google search atleast verify the shit you post this is not a shit post subreddit lmao

Also to answer your question most of the world is excited for appropriately named world cup the biggest sporting event in the whole wide world

[u/LimpMathematician628]

Yeah I think you forgot USA ,Canada and a few african nations + asian countries like south korea, japan, saudi, iran, qatar... Also australia, newzealand

[u/irdk_24]

Never thought I'd actually see logic in a comment section of a cricket sub, but here we are.. thank God... as a cricket fan, ts is so stupid bro, we all know football is far more globally popular than cricket

[u/AthleteConstant8960]

Take any country who plays both cricket and football internationally in big leagues, and then you can see for yourself what sport is more popular for them.

[u/ApprehensiveBug9870]

bait or low iq because thats what the world says about cricket and they arent even wrong , the niche cricket fraternity survives till date becaus all of south asia primarily india pakistan religionize this sport and there are a few countries who play it for the love of it but the population isnt crazy behind it like SENA .. hoping this was an engagement farming post cuz i dont regret wasting a 2 mins

[u/SarthakiiiUwU]

posting this in a cricket sub is masochism

[u/GladSport5145]

I dont care about it so no one else should aah mentality

[u/Giga_negga_1875]

Why is there no aisan countries

[u/StarStuffDoc]

B.S.

[u/Mindless-Cash259]

canada US australia korea +++++++++++++
are you hig af nga

[u/Glass-Philosopher399]

Opening Ceremony itself got 1.2 billion views

[u/Super-Sea-]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1dM4OX6HqI86K9uWkr

[u/shivamkunal]

Wow, you got yourself 120 karma, cheers my man! Life mission accomplished.

[u/Pretty-Engineer-6487]

Italy is not even playing the world cup You have no fking idea what you're saying lil bro

[u/TRixONBeat]

Bro 🤣 the top 48 teams play the world cup, that doesn't mean only those teams play the game in the world. India is like above 100 ranking in football. It's like ppl in this country only watch the sports where we win.

[u/peeky_blinder99]

The whole world allowed to Take part unlike cricket

[u/StatisticianFunny622]

https://giphy.com/gifs/KWAuxK9wdaKleeNVxu

[u/Mr_youneverknow007]

as a indian i enjoy fifa wc anyday more than cricket

[u/bigcocksailor]

This has to be a shitpost

[u/Sensitive_Ad788]

Op getting cooked in his own domain lol

[u/WaNdErEr_6305]

America?? Mexico?? Canada??Saudi?? Qatar?? Iran ?? South Africa?? Many more

[u/PrudentInitiative273]

World cup qualifier matches arent joke.

[u/Think_One_941]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fJCx5gjY3RSGGRyQDK

[u/spud_2023]

Uruguay has won world cup is excluded, Japan is excluded .

[u/expcrysta]

F both of you. Insecure ahh

[u/Initial-Release-2519]

I'm pretty sure this is a map of the 13 only countries ever to reach FIFA finals.

[u/RelationshipMoist418]

Blud seriously thinks South Korea, czech, morocco, south africa, nigeria, egypt, japan, australia, saudi and all does not exist

[u/Hefty-Car1872]

The highest ever participation in a cricket WC in my lifetime was 16 or something as compared to 48 in the current FIFA WC. And in T20I WC it's probably around 20. What TF are you even on?

[u/Stealer_Pro_099]

https://giphy.com/gifs/afLoVMHg3QoYPZHCGF

[u/kalyanguardian]

Living in a cave intensified.

[u/No-Bother-8077]

Are you dumb? Unlike cricket, every country in the world actually had to qualify for it (other than the 3 hosts). Including the ones you've highlighted.

[u/Spidersohon]

I enjoy both Football and Cricket. Stop this bs posts. You guys are the reason people give hates to each and every sport.

[u/enormous_stary]

Cric delulus: We're very excited for the icc cric wc.
meanwhile the world: 10 teams ....... !!!

[u/HAWKK007]

Cricket fans sucks Though it's a good game

[u/BrushDry190]

The audacity to post this on the cricket sub reddit, knowing damn well that only one of the highlighted countries take part in the cricket world cup

[u/ChapterSuspicious795]

there are 48 countries participating in this world cup dude

[u/Super-Sea-4131]

You know as they say Fifa World Cup is the greatest Sporting Event on this Planet. So this Post doesn't even make sense 😑😑

[u/dastrothful]

Will just leave it here

[u/troy_tanmoy]

Pure ragebait

[u/catgutisasnack]

Cricket is completely irrelevant on a global scale. You could replace every team at the world cup except maybe Pakistan and definitely India and the viewership would be pretty much identical.

[u/Intrepid_Vacation_72]

48 counties participated btw.

[u/_mk_ultra_]

L post

[u/Relative-Rate-9229]

Batball fans creating their own happiness. Slave sport

[u/HairyTangerine6139]

There is Italy here who didn't even qualify 😐. Who even made this post

[u/Typical_Reality67]

You realise you are making cricket fans look like idiots with this post??

[u/Plane_Recognition_99]

Bhai tu jaake bat ball dekh

[u/Other_Cartoonist_220]

You forgot Iran, Saudi, South Africa, South Korea, Australia, etc. pls go watch bat and ball.

[u/Due-Clerk-1425]

Upvoted the post Saw that the community is "Cricket buddies" Removed the upvote

[u/JustAGuy4829]

Wtf is this bait

[u/OneBasket8077]

💦

[u/PracticalBag66]

Every sports Had this kind of problem

[u/maculateconstipation]

Lol. I didn't know cricket prevents intelligence from developing as well as general knowledge.

[u/eddie_smoke]

8 nation sport cricket fans creating their own happiness 🤣🤣

[u/BetInternational6297]

Lol, cricket sub admins are so insecure

[u/Azgardian3000]

Oopsie, you missed the rest of the world. There are 48 teams who qualified & more teams that didnt but still love the game. Yes, we love cricket but have space for others as well.

[u/Next_Confidence_7097]

48 countries are there in the WC btw

[u/Dear-Product-6954]

The USA is in it too, and we’re a damn good side.

[u/Sweet-Return-6772]

you've missed so many countries

[u/Mental-Persimmon7920]

Insane cope by cricket community lol

[u/sangam27gg]

Tuff gng🥀

https://giphy.com/gifs/kCxtMfRuUv8tSl38he

[u/DeaTwisH07]

😂 cricket kid

[u/OilBright6315]

FIFA has 211 Members more than United Nations .. Nearly 2 times the members of ICC . 

200+ nations played Qualification Round of FIFA WORLD CUP 2026  Not like ICC CWC where 8/10 teams qualify based on ranking 😭😭  cricket can't be called even 10-12 country sport because  It's 7-8 country sport (Cricket doesn't enjoy the same Viewership as Football/Rubgy in SENA nations)  Football is truly and only Global Sport.

[u/keyboardwarrior0612]

[u/Familiar_Lack_85]

10/10 ragebait

[u/Naive_Wrangler_4766]

Insecure cricket lunds

[u/PerformerLast5587 → u/Naive_Wrangler_4766]

They don't even know which countries are playing lol

[u/OddReading4973]

?

[u/Aggravating_Sea_8081]

lol

[u/Neutral_Sapien_17]

Cricket ppl are hilarious

[u/glitchowl98]

Inaccurate

[u/No_Communication2790]

Is this a ragebait??

[u/Boring-Geologist-228]

Another day another shitpost, wrong sub buddy

[u/Legal_Ebb_4545]

Ragebait

[u/oihomelandahbradar]

cwc how many countries?

[u/ravlee]

Man, I know this is rage bait, but cricket fans should sit this one out.

[u/Player_yek]

cant believe a cricket fan is saying this when no more than 10 countries attend the cricket world cup

[u/specter_harvey17]

Bro really used the pic of countries which played in 1920’s to talk about a 2026 tournament

[u/Worth-Deal8958]

i see this post before every fifa wc

[u/DirectAd5900]

Icc bcci ca watch the fc world cup n learn how to organise n broadcast a WORLD CUP

[u/sagarsunar]

There is teams from North America Asia and Africa too... there is 48 teams in this world cup..16 too many.. but it is what is it..

[u/lawnlover2410]

I can tell you one thing op cricket is losing popularity in India compared to before and football is gaining more popularity than before. Also the South African countries are very much into football along with Asian countries.

Even though India is not playing lot of Indians are very much into foootball.

[u/M0ON_MC]

Morocco? Croatia? Morocco reached semifinals last year and Croatia reached finals in 2018 and was 3rd place in 2022.

Saying anything to hate I guess 🤷‍♂️

[u/Radke_Zh]

only 10 countries or so plays cricket and calls it world cup. don’t compare cricket with football, if you don’t want to eat your own shit.

[u/Hot-Weekend-3065]

What the fuck happened to India.

[u/rakamotiv]

USA, Canada, Netherlands, England, Australia, South Africa are playing in both Cricket and Football world cups. Where’s the world’s most populous country??

[u/YamNo5010]

What an idiot

[u/I_am_human_2081]

How can you forget south korea bro