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2023 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2023 FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held in Great Britain from 22 June 2023 to 9 July 2023, the ninth edition of the tournament, serving as a prelude to the 2024 FIFA World Cup. Having been announced as hosts of the 2024 FIFA World Cup on November 1, 2016, Great Britain was automatically awarded hosting rights and qualified, while the other seven sides were the champions of the six federations - Netherlands (UEFA), United States (CONACA), Brazil (CONSAME), Morocco (CAF), Korea (AFC) and Australia (OFC) - as well as Mexico, the defending FIFA World Cup Champion. Only four cities served as hosts, and it was the first international tournament in British history in which no games were held in London. Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and Glasgow served as host cities, with Cardiff's Principality Stadium hosting the final.
No.1 ranked European champion Netherlands won its first Confederations Cup title thanks to a penalty shootout, 6-5, with United States after a 1-1 draw; it was the fourth appearance in a Confederations Cup final by USA since 2007, and its fourth loss. United States midfielder Donte DiVincenzo was awarded the Player of the Tournament award, while Netherlands goalkeeper Andries Noppert took the Best Goalkeeper award in his national team debut.
No.1 ranked European champion Netherlands won its first Confederations Cup title thanks to a penalty shootout, 6-5, with United States after a 1-1 draw; it was the fourth appearance in a Confederations Cup final by USA since 2007, and its fourth loss. United States midfielder Donte DiVincenzo was awarded the Player of the Tournament award, while Netherlands goalkeeper Andries Noppert took the Best Goalkeeper award in his national team debut.
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Also the Monarchy survives/ Is reinstated in Brazil. I guess.Not that we didn't already know this but RIP Belgium
Also Lukaku plays for What ever Belgian Congo becomes?
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I like how Kevin de Bruyne of all things is my tipped hand 😂Not that we didn't already know this but RIP Belgium
Good call on Lukaku
The other "reveal" is that Korea is one independent country. (Is a TL with a pre-1900 POD *allowed* to have two Koreas?
I can think of exactly *one* 1800s-POD timeline where that happened.The other "reveal" is that Korea is one independent country. (Is a TL with a pre-1900 POD *allowed* to have two Koreas?
It was TastySpam's Dixieland TL, where it happened after Russia and China ended on opposite sides of *WW1 after a Russian-backed rebellion in Korea.
Maybe if its a pop culture tl begining in 31st Dec 1899?Is a TL with a pre-1900 POD *allowed* to have two Koreas?
More Seriously, Yes, if it focuses in Korean Three Kingdoms Period.
I miss @TastySpam content his TLs were among my favorites on this site. Delightfully demented, right up my alley
Thanks!
Seattle Subway - Olympic System, Part II (Lines 11-13)
The preparations for the Olympics largely consumed the city of Seattle in much of the 1990s and the projects rapidly became bogged down in bloated budgets and cost overruns and political arguing over siting of facilities. Ironically, the 2000 Winter Games themselves were a huge success and a popular legacy in hindsight, but in the mid-1990s they most definitely were not. The siting of the Olympic Stadium on King Street south of Pioneer Square and west of Chinatown wound up being a masterstroke that created a vibrant stadium district for all of Seattle's Big Five sports clubs close to transit and tens of thousands of downtown and downtown-adjacent residents, but at the time created a major controversy that derailed the openings of the back half of Rice's signature Subway expansion - the infamous Chinatown Connector.
Lines 11 through 13 were unique in that they would include no new infrastructure or new stops, but rather dramatically increase the ability of existing infrastructure to run at a higher capacity by connecting the Third Avenue Tunnel and Old Dearborn Trunk lines to the 1st Avenue Tunnel and, thus, the airport, allowing a potential one-seat ride to SEA from either Lake City or Ballard, which were the termini chosen in highly politicized and acrimonious debates by the Rice administration. Part of the reason why these were chosen was for "timetable maximization" - STS was adamant about getting the 3rd Avenue Tunnel and the 27th Street Tunnel down to one-minute headways with six lines in each, and running three trains to Lake City would allow a train every two minutes on the infrastructure north of UW, too. Lake City would suddenly go from being served by one line, as it had for about six decades, to being served by three, as Line 12 would be run into the New Dearborn Trunk, onto the 8th Avenue Elevated, and then on a flying overpass into the Mount Baker Tunnel to go to the Eastside - thus giving Capitol Hill and the Dearborn Trunk lines a direct connection to the Eastside as well. The crux of this revamped system, though, was a connecting tunnel with entrances from both north and south near Union Station that would allow trains from Third Avenue or Dearborn Trunk to pass near the Olympic Stadium and enter the 1st Avenue tunnel from the east, hence its nickname Chinatown Connector.
The connection to the Mount Baker Tunnel was completed later than the rest of the work on Line 10, thus delaying the launch of service to Bellevue from both Lake City and West Seattle when Line 10 opened in 1999. By the time it could be ready, though, STS chose to delay it until the Connector was done, which had become a sprawling odyssey of fighting with Chinatown business groups as well as the Federal Railroad Administration about tunneling east-west under their mainline intercity and S-train tracks at the King Street Complex, which they were in the process of attempting to revamp as Seattle's main central station rather than the decaying, seventy-year old Central Avenue Station on Lake Union that had been built as part of the original Bogue Plan. To accommodate the foundations of the Olympic Stadium, the Connector had to be routed further north than planned and also deeper, making its construction more complicated and delaying it. Finally, the STS and Rice administration had to admit that it would not be completed by January 2000 in time for the Olympics, and indeed STS - wanting to rework its timetables only once - delayed all three lines until April 2001.
The debacle froze Subway projects for several years to instead simply be extensions of existing lines, such as the expansion of the three airport lines to Des Moines/Highline in 2020, the running of Line 8 to Tukwila's South Center in 2014, or even in the case of Line 12 extending it to downtown Kirkland in 2012 despite this partially duplicating service on the Soundrail S-train service. The political lift of opening brand-new lines in the region had the shadow of the Chinatown Connector hanging over it for years, especially the embarrassment of Line 13, meant to offer a one-seat ride from the airport to the Olympic Village being built on the old Armory Grounds in Interbay, not existing, which thanks to Line 1 was not really an issue in the end thanks to transfers but nonetheless was egg on the face of the Rice-run city hall. (Norm Rice retired from the mayoralty after three terms after the Olympics anyhow).
Lines 11 through 13 were unique in that they would include no new infrastructure or new stops, but rather dramatically increase the ability of existing infrastructure to run at a higher capacity by connecting the Third Avenue Tunnel and Old Dearborn Trunk lines to the 1st Avenue Tunnel and, thus, the airport, allowing a potential one-seat ride to SEA from either Lake City or Ballard, which were the termini chosen in highly politicized and acrimonious debates by the Rice administration. Part of the reason why these were chosen was for "timetable maximization" - STS was adamant about getting the 3rd Avenue Tunnel and the 27th Street Tunnel down to one-minute headways with six lines in each, and running three trains to Lake City would allow a train every two minutes on the infrastructure north of UW, too. Lake City would suddenly go from being served by one line, as it had for about six decades, to being served by three, as Line 12 would be run into the New Dearborn Trunk, onto the 8th Avenue Elevated, and then on a flying overpass into the Mount Baker Tunnel to go to the Eastside - thus giving Capitol Hill and the Dearborn Trunk lines a direct connection to the Eastside as well. The crux of this revamped system, though, was a connecting tunnel with entrances from both north and south near Union Station that would allow trains from Third Avenue or Dearborn Trunk to pass near the Olympic Stadium and enter the 1st Avenue tunnel from the east, hence its nickname Chinatown Connector.
The connection to the Mount Baker Tunnel was completed later than the rest of the work on Line 10, thus delaying the launch of service to Bellevue from both Lake City and West Seattle when Line 10 opened in 1999. By the time it could be ready, though, STS chose to delay it until the Connector was done, which had become a sprawling odyssey of fighting with Chinatown business groups as well as the Federal Railroad Administration about tunneling east-west under their mainline intercity and S-train tracks at the King Street Complex, which they were in the process of attempting to revamp as Seattle's main central station rather than the decaying, seventy-year old Central Avenue Station on Lake Union that had been built as part of the original Bogue Plan. To accommodate the foundations of the Olympic Stadium, the Connector had to be routed further north than planned and also deeper, making its construction more complicated and delaying it. Finally, the STS and Rice administration had to admit that it would not be completed by January 2000 in time for the Olympics, and indeed STS - wanting to rework its timetables only once - delayed all three lines until April 2001.
The debacle froze Subway projects for several years to instead simply be extensions of existing lines, such as the expansion of the three airport lines to Des Moines/Highline in 2020, the running of Line 8 to Tukwila's South Center in 2014, or even in the case of Line 12 extending it to downtown Kirkland in 2012 despite this partially duplicating service on the Soundrail S-train service. The political lift of opening brand-new lines in the region had the shadow of the Chinatown Connector hanging over it for years, especially the embarrassment of Line 13, meant to offer a one-seat ride from the airport to the Olympic Village being built on the old Armory Grounds in Interbay, not existing, which thanks to Line 1 was not really an issue in the end thanks to transfers but nonetheless was egg on the face of the Rice-run city hall. (Norm Rice retired from the mayoralty after three terms after the Olympics anyhow).
Ranking FIFA World Cup Champions - Part 1 of 5
Since 1916, 25 sides have held the World Cup trophy aloft at the end of a tournament featuring 16, 24 or, now, 32 national teams. Next summer, in Britain, a 26th champion will join that list when they receive the trophy at the conclusion of the 2024 FIFA World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London. These are the national squads they will stand alongside, ranked for historical measure:
25. Britain (1924) - Britain's "Centennial Side," as commemorations of this group have been called in recent retrospectives, unfortunately have to slot in at last due more to circumstances than anything else. While certainly a talented group on the merits, with Europe still recovering from the Central European War (the key factor in the cancellation of what would have been the 1920 edition) and its lingering economic and demographic after-effects, and many South American sides still in a poor position to send teams across the Atlantic for a two-week tournament, game organizers had to scramble to find teams that could participate, including debating splitting Britain into English and Scottish contingents as with rugby (a preferred solution for the former Scottish FA). Against possibly the weakest field in World Cup history, Britain defeated a spirited United States group in the semifinal before knocking out Switzerland in that side's first and last procession to the last four to earn its first title and the second in history.
24. France (1916) - The first World Cup champions and the only French side to win it, the 1916 victors earned their hardware in a tournament that featured only 13 teams, a number of forfeitures, and the struggle to properly organize the match with many players boycotting to not threaten their participation in the Olympics, at that time the more prestigious event. Still, France saw a tournament with sides considerably more full strength than Britain eight years later, and for that reason get the nod.
23. Sweden (1944) - While Sweden has often punched far above its weight in World Cups with plenty of bronze medal game appearances, in Sweden's sole run to a final, it came out ahead with the gold medal and trophy on home soil, triumphing over the defending champions Brazil at Ullevalla in the summer of 1944 behind the "Bre-No-Li" line of players who would help show that Sweden was no fluke in delivering bronze medals at the next two tournaments. Sweden from the late 1930s to early 1950s enjoyed a bonafide golden generation; it is simply that, if this squad was put up against some of the names later on this list, and not on home soil, one struggles to see them actually earn a win.
22. Mexico (1960) - No side has as many World Cups as Mexico with 5, thanks to their home soil triumph three years ago, but of those five one must be the most mediocre, and that distinction certainly belongs to the 1960 group that won on home soil in what can best be described as a dubious tournament. Two infamous penalties were awarded in the second group stage game against Germany to deliver a win after trailing most of the match, Mexico avoided rising Britain in the quarters and semis, beat Brazil in part thanks to an uncalled handball, and the final against the United States saw Mexico again come back from a 1-0 deficit that for a moment silenced the 120,000 fans at the brand-new Estadio Azteca thanks to some curious calls. This Mexico was neither the impenetrable defensive powerhouse that impressed with its lockdown play in 1968 or 2020 or the high-scoring, thrilling football of 1948 or 1996, but rather a dour, undisciplined team bludgeoning its way through an unusually weak tournament field with helpful calls on home soil to earn Mexico it's second World Cup title in twelve years.
21. Argentina (1928) - Early-era World Cup winners dominate this section of our analysis due in part to the nature of the tournament at the time, but 1928's hosts and eventual champions were nonetheless an excellent group, winning all their games, taking a 14-1 goal differential (at the time a record for a winner), with their first conceded goal coming in the final against a dogged United States whom the Albiceleste needed extra time to conquer. Several European teams declining to make the journey across the Atlantic put a damper on the proceedings, however, leaving a fairly weak field to contend in games that were organized primarily in Buenos Aires and its immediate environs. Nonetheless, '28 Argentina was an important side as it was the first South American group to win a World Cup and proved that Western Hemispheric sides could not only successfully host a World Cup but contend for silverware, too.
25. Britain (1924) - Britain's "Centennial Side," as commemorations of this group have been called in recent retrospectives, unfortunately have to slot in at last due more to circumstances than anything else. While certainly a talented group on the merits, with Europe still recovering from the Central European War (the key factor in the cancellation of what would have been the 1920 edition) and its lingering economic and demographic after-effects, and many South American sides still in a poor position to send teams across the Atlantic for a two-week tournament, game organizers had to scramble to find teams that could participate, including debating splitting Britain into English and Scottish contingents as with rugby (a preferred solution for the former Scottish FA). Against possibly the weakest field in World Cup history, Britain defeated a spirited United States group in the semifinal before knocking out Switzerland in that side's first and last procession to the last four to earn its first title and the second in history.
24. France (1916) - The first World Cup champions and the only French side to win it, the 1916 victors earned their hardware in a tournament that featured only 13 teams, a number of forfeitures, and the struggle to properly organize the match with many players boycotting to not threaten their participation in the Olympics, at that time the more prestigious event. Still, France saw a tournament with sides considerably more full strength than Britain eight years later, and for that reason get the nod.
23. Sweden (1944) - While Sweden has often punched far above its weight in World Cups with plenty of bronze medal game appearances, in Sweden's sole run to a final, it came out ahead with the gold medal and trophy on home soil, triumphing over the defending champions Brazil at Ullevalla in the summer of 1944 behind the "Bre-No-Li" line of players who would help show that Sweden was no fluke in delivering bronze medals at the next two tournaments. Sweden from the late 1930s to early 1950s enjoyed a bonafide golden generation; it is simply that, if this squad was put up against some of the names later on this list, and not on home soil, one struggles to see them actually earn a win.
22. Mexico (1960) - No side has as many World Cups as Mexico with 5, thanks to their home soil triumph three years ago, but of those five one must be the most mediocre, and that distinction certainly belongs to the 1960 group that won on home soil in what can best be described as a dubious tournament. Two infamous penalties were awarded in the second group stage game against Germany to deliver a win after trailing most of the match, Mexico avoided rising Britain in the quarters and semis, beat Brazil in part thanks to an uncalled handball, and the final against the United States saw Mexico again come back from a 1-0 deficit that for a moment silenced the 120,000 fans at the brand-new Estadio Azteca thanks to some curious calls. This Mexico was neither the impenetrable defensive powerhouse that impressed with its lockdown play in 1968 or 2020 or the high-scoring, thrilling football of 1948 or 1996, but rather a dour, undisciplined team bludgeoning its way through an unusually weak tournament field with helpful calls on home soil to earn Mexico it's second World Cup title in twelve years.
21. Argentina (1928) - Early-era World Cup winners dominate this section of our analysis due in part to the nature of the tournament at the time, but 1928's hosts and eventual champions were nonetheless an excellent group, winning all their games, taking a 14-1 goal differential (at the time a record for a winner), with their first conceded goal coming in the final against a dogged United States whom the Albiceleste needed extra time to conquer. Several European teams declining to make the journey across the Atlantic put a damper on the proceedings, however, leaving a fairly weak field to contend in games that were organized primarily in Buenos Aires and its immediate environs. Nonetheless, '28 Argentina was an important side as it was the first South American group to win a World Cup and proved that Western Hemispheric sides could not only successfully host a World Cup but contend for silverware, too.
Only eight countries have won the World Cup OTL (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France, [West] Germany, Italy, and Spain). Looks like we've already got more parity ITTL with Sweden and Mexico joining the list. Although odds are Uruguay isn't on this timeline's list of WC winners
Definitely. I believe I calculated 11 winners ITTL (with more countries in the 1-2 titles bucket) and, no, Uruguay is not a champion here 😬Only eight countries have won the World Cup OTL (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France, [West] Germany, Italy, and Spain). Looks like we've already got more parity ITTL with Sweden and Mexico joining the list. Although odds are Uruguay isn't on this timeline's list of WC winners
I assume any American Country didnt take part in it?
Also did CSA play WC at any time?
Probably not unless it’s a neutral like Colombia or something
And the CSA will, at some point, be a WC participant, yes