Peru clinch play-off spot
Apr 15, 2022
3 minutes
TIM VICKERY
With a new format in the 2026 World Cup, South America’s qualification system may well have to change. But the one group, everyone-against-everyone marathon format, used between1998 and this year, has certainly left its mark.
When it arrived, it gave the teams of the continent, for the first time, the type of calendar that European sides have long taken for granted, with regular competitive games and guaranteed income. The effect on the lesser nations was clear: Ecuador qualified for their first
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