https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/jun/05/world-cup-2018-complete-guide-players-ratings-goals-caps
Thought this was quite good - particularly since there are far too many teams now.
It's been this way since 98. 32 teams is the correct amount. 16 would be too few teams for the World Cup, 24 makes the format too hard to follow.
Excellent article, very good read.
