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Infantino wants 48-team World Cup
- Updated: December 7, 2016
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is pushing for an expansion of the World Cup in 2026 to 48 teams, with his preferred format being 16 groups of three teams before a straight knock-out competition.
In a letter to members of the FIFA Council, the governing body’s 32-strong executive board, Infantino outlined five different options for consideration at next month’s key meeting in Zurich.
Those choices are leaving the tournament at 32 teams, expanding to 40 teams with either 10 groups of four or eight groups of five, or moving to …
