Kiss, László Marcell and Csató, László and Szádoczki, Zsombor (2024) A labdarúgó-világbajnokság kvóta­elosztása páros összehasonlításokkal. KÖZGAZDASÁGI SZEMLE, 71 (7-8). pp. 791-806. ISSN 0023-4346 10.18414/KSZ.2024.7-8.791

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Abstract

Qualifications for the FIFA World Cup are organised separately by the six regional confederations of FIFA, the governing body of international football, such that each continent has a predetermined number of slots. We propose a quota allocation method based on the historical performances of the confederations. Our methodology extends the official FIFA World Ranking to evaluate a set of national teams. Several challenges are addressed, and some reasonable model variants are presented. The results suggest that the official quota allocation proposed for the 2026 FIFA World Cup does not reflect the strengths of continents well. In particular, more European and South American teams should participate in future tournaments, while the North, Central American and Caribbean region deserves a higher quota than Asia. This highlights the need for transparent quota allocation, which at least partially depends on historical performances.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics and Computer Science > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science / számítástechnika, számítógéptudomány
Divisions:	Research Laboratory on Engineering & Management Intelligence > Research Group of Operations Research and Decision Systems
SWORD Depositor:	MTMT Injector
Depositing User:	MTMT Injector
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2024 07:52
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2024 07:52
URI:	https://eprints.sztaki.hu/id/eprint/10774

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