Al -Malab newspaper – The International Football Association is studying the increase in the number of teams participating in the 2030 World Cup Finals, from 48 to 64 teams, after receiving an official offer from a delegation that includes influential leaders from South America.
It is scheduled that 6 cities will host the matches of the twenty -fourth edition of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, distributed on 3 continents (Europe, Africa and South America), where Morocco, Portugal and Spain will host some of the version matches.
To celebrate the centenary of the 1930 World Cup, a special match and celebrations will be held on the centenary in Uruguay, the first host country.
Argentina and Paraguay will also host one match.
The President of the International Football Association (FIFA), Swiss Gianni Infantino, held a meeting that included both, with the President of the South American Federation “Conmipol” Alejandro Dominigm, alongside the President of Paraguay, Santiago Benia, Uruguayan President Yamando Usi, in addition to the heads of football federations in Argentina and Uruguay in “Neuriok”, in the United States of America to discuss The proposal.
This is the first time that the leaders of the South American Football Association (Conmipol) presented the proposed directly to Gianni Infantino, after it was first presented last March, by a delegate from Uruguay during a virtual meeting of the FIFA Council.
The Argentine newspaper “La Nacion”, Ajiani Infantino, who organized the meeting and supports the proposal to increase the number of teams participating in the 2030 World Cup.
The number of teams participating in the 2026 World Cup has already been expanded in the United States, Mexico and Canada from 32 to 48 teams.
“We believe in a historical world cup in 2030.
And if the FIFA agrees to the proposal to increase the number of teams, the World Cup will turn into a championship that includes 128 games, which is twice the number of matches in the current version that consists of 64 games that were playing from 1998 to 2022.
FIFA is preparing to organize the ceremony of the 2026 World Cup draw, which will be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico, with the participation of 48 teams for the first time in history.
The fifth of December will set a date for holding the 2026 World Cup draw ceremony in the United States of America.
