"Pre-Qualification"@en . "In recent times it has become fashionable to call for Europe's least gifted national sides to compete in a pre-qualification phase for major tournaments to prevent a pile-up of pointless contests."@en . "In recent times it has become fashionable to call for Europe's least gifted national sides to compete in a pre-qualification phase for major tournaments to prevent a pile-up of pointless contests."@en . .