Concacaf will be getting more than one more:
Africa - 9 (up from 5)
Asia - 8 (up from 4 or 5)
Europe - 16 (up from 13)
North, Central America and Caribbean - 6 (up from 3 or 4)
Oceania - 1 (from 0 or 1)
South America - 6 (up from 4 or 5)
+2 more from some sort of play-off system.
With Asia...
Australia, who are better than NZ, and left the Oceania Confederation because the quality was too poor, finished below Saudi Arabia in their Asian qualifying group.
When the World Cup gets expanded, Oceania will automatically get one place.
First, I don't think it was as bad as you're making it sound. Couple of quality goals at the end there.
Second, yes it instantly becomes more enjoyable because it's the World Cup. You can see how much it means to each team, the effort and intensity they put in, when they might not have the...