While the top two teams in each pool advance and the third - place team earns an automatic qualification
for the
next WBC, the last - place team in each pool is dismissed entirely, and has to earn their way into the
next main tournament through a
qualifying round played the year before.
While the club may try to drill into its supporters that this is fantastic news, it could turn out to be disastrous all
round should Arsenal fail to
qualify for next season's Champions League.