05-18-2021, 04:16 PMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote:

05-18-2021, 03:12 PMZema Wrote: I think the WJC have to get creative with their solutions without destabilizing and changing the entire tournament year in and year out. UCORCAL might not be the best solution every season, but it's a good solution for most years. Team World could change every season and have teams go in and out of it depending on how many players they have. Finland and Sweden could get together with other nations, or DACH could split into a different type of coalition. But to what end? Making broad changes to the tournament structure every season will just cheapen the entire experience. Having these compromises in play allows for a semblance of stability with a possibility of getting creative at times when it really calls for it.

If that's the current sentiment then that's fine but the expectation 20 seasons ago was that numbers would be examined each season and teams changed accordingly including adding or subtracting teams and switching to combined teams when necessary but always being in favor of countries having their own teams.

Well, I can confirm that this was the expectation of the WJC teams up until my stepping down which was 10 seasons ago.