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Help(please) Hi, there In the sentence "it was confirmed that Saudi Arabia — officially the weakest of all the teams who had to qualify for next year’s World Cup, according to FIFA’s rankings(...)" What does "had to qualify" mean? And why "rankingS", if there is only one? Please

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Hi, there

In the sentence "it was confirmed that Saudi Arabia — officially the weakest of all the teams who had to qualify for next year’s World Cup, according to FIFA’s rankings(...)" What does "had to qualify" mean? And why "rankingS", if there is only one?

Please


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"had to qualify" means "were required to qualify"  

And when they speak of "FIFA's rankings" they are speaking of FIFA's list of the rankings of all countries.

So read it like this:  "It was confirmed that Saudi Arabia (which according to the FIFA rankings of all countries was officially the weakest among all the teams that were required to qualify for next year's World Cup) [the rest of the sentence that you didn't put in here.]." 


i hope this helps.....

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Thank you!!!! What about "ranking/rankings "?
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I would write "Our coffee has a sweet, slightly acidic taste."

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