here is a sample of de marginal teams that miss out:
CONMEBOL Ecuador/Colombia
UEFA Ireland/Russia
CAF Egypt
CONCACAF Costa Rica
AFC Bahrain
OFC New Caledonia
CAF, UEFA and CONMEBOL still decent
CONCACAF, AFC and OFC sorf
they might could short AFC for CONCACAF but to what end?
You could easily add Turkey, Sweden, Croatia, Ukraine, Chec Republic, Poland and Bulgaria to the UEFA more WC historical pedigree