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Originally Posted by Yorick
Anyone can win out of 16, so "lowering the quality" is a moot point.
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It's not a moot point. Having more teams means bigger chance of weak team sneaking in means bigger chance of low quality match, means on average quality of matches *will* be lower.
And it's the quality of the matches that it's all about. You complained about the quality of Spain vs Italy match. But increasing the number of teams to 24 will increase the chance of having more matches like these.
There will be some low-quality matches in 16-teams championships, but there will be a much bigger chance of having them in championships where teams which couldn't finish in the top 2 of a 6-team qualifying group still qualify.