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kroxigor01 t1_iv8ty2k wrote

So many crazy upsets in this tournament but I think this is the biggest and most consequential one.

And it wasn't even close.

If a few other matches today go the right way the Netherlands will automatically qualify for the round of 12 in the next world cup! It will be interesting to see what they would do with the ability to plan for that.

Edit: oh, next world cup has a round of 20 not a round of 12.

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Huge-Physics5491 t1_iv8vx45 wrote

Next World Cup is 20 teams with 4 groups of 5.

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kroxigor01 t1_iv8wcgc wrote

Oh, but on checking Netherlands coming top 4 in their group today would still allow them to skip the qualification stage.

They certainly do want to automatically be in those 20 teams.

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Huge-Physics5491 t1_iv8wooy wrote

Yes, they had everything to play for. If Pakistan beats Bangladesh and India beat Zimbabwe, Netherlands qualifies.

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kroxigor01 t1_iv8xffx wrote

They definitely need Zimbabwe to not beat India but they can benefit from a Bangladesh win as long as it's by an absurdly large Net Run Rate.

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