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This is the World Cup 2018 beginners guide. John and Jay take the time to explain everything from FIFA Confederations in the World Cup to the tournament format. There are some great tid-bits to help you understand the greatest tournament on Earth. Printable World Cup 2018 Bracket . Thank you for finding us and listening.  We hope to build a solid soccer community together with you based on fun, respect, and love for the beautiful game. Jay Fratt John Gonsalves Kick from the Spot Twitter Email: kickfromthespot@gmail.com Sponsor: Smokin Js The Conservative Hippie Stoner Horoscopes Moody Beats If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Check out the accompanying podcast here. FIFA decides based on their metrics and rankings of nations the number of berths from each continental zone. This is how 2018 will look. UEFA Europe - 14 CAF Africa- 5 AFC Asia - 4.5 CONMEBOL South America - 4.5 CONCACAF North, Central and Caribbean - 3.5 OFC - Oceana - .5 The fifth team from Asia (Australia) entered a playoff against the fourth placed team from CONCACAF (Honduras). The top team from Oceana (New Zealand) entered a playoff against the fifth place team from CONMEBOL (Peru). 32 teams entered into the 2018 World Cup. A draw determined the make-up of 8 groups of 4 nations. The draw was weighted or seeded by creating 4 pots of 8 nations starting with the host country and then from top to bottom based on FIFA rankings. Then from there a nation was selected out of each pot for a group. This artificially separated the nations at the top and bottom from eachother. Even though everything is by the numbers, FIFA ch...