Next year’s FIFA World Cup already has its marks. It is the first to be hosted across three countries, and the first to have the 48-team format.
According to the New York Times, FIFA is considering expanding the 2030 Morocco-Spain-Portugal World Cup to 64 teams.
Like that of 2026, the edition will be hosted by three countries.
“Gianni Infantino would certainly be “seduced” by the possible financial benefits of such an enlargement”, the newspaper reports in its Thursday edition.
It is gathered that the football governing body will review a proposal to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams to mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup.
The 2030 World Cup will be held in Morocco, Spain and Portugal, with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, where the inaugural edition was staged, set to host three games.
The World Cup has already been expanded from 32 to 48 teams for next year’s edition in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
