The allocation of additional slots for the FIFA World Cup

Alex Krumer and Juan Moreno-Ternero

No 23.05, Working Papers from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics

Abstract: How to select participants to a sports tournament when there are more applicants than the tournament can handle? We propose to address this question resorting to standard tools from the fair allocation literature. To frame our discussion, we focus on the increase in the number of participating teams in the FIFA World Cup. We explore the allocation of additional slots among continental confederations. We consider ten different allocations. Based on our analysis, we can argue that the European soccer confederation (UEFA) has a solid basis to claim for additional slots.

Keywords: claims problems; fair allocation; FIFA World Cup; slots; soccer. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2023
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