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FIFA to expand World Cup to 48 teams

FIFA has voted to expand the World Cup to a 48-team tournament in 2026. In a unanimous decision by the FIFA Council at a meeting in Zurich on Tuesday, the football governing body decided on a new format comprising 16 groups of three teams before a 32-team knockout stage. The expansion was part of the... Read More

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October 3, 2016

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FIFA President, Infantino wants 48-team World Cup

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino on Monday proposed the expansion of number of teams who participate in the World Cup to 48 adding a one-match playoff. Infantino said, “The next 32 (teams) would play a match, a playoff, three days before the World Cup to decide the other 16,” he said during a visit to a university in... Read More

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