Most countries in favour of a 48-team World Cup in 2022, says FIFA boss Infantino
Qatar won the hosting rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup way back in 2010. The country has been steadily marching towards realising the dream of the Middle East’s first-ever World Cup.
In recent times, there have been talks about FIFA’s interest in increasing the number of teams at the 2022 World Cup from 32 to 48.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says a majority of national football federations are in favour of expanding the Nov 21-Dec 18 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams. Games will need to be shared in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain & Oman. Decision at FIFA Council meeting on March 15, 2019 https://t.co/dhQSLqjufB
— Kevin Pollard (@football_roos) December 14, 2018
FIFA President Gianni Infantino once again hinted about it during a Press conference in Doha.
The top official said while most countries were in favour of a 48-team World Cup in 2022, it all depended on whether it was ‘feasible’ or not, effectively hinting the ball was in Qatar’s court, reported Gulf Times.
He was speaking after the conclusion of the three-day FIFA Executive Football Summit in Doha, attended by representatives of dozens of national football federations.
While 48 teams are set to feature from the 2026 FIFA World Cup onwards, talks about the same for the 2022 editions have been going on for some time.
It could prove to be a logistical and scheduling nightmare for Qatar, especially as it had been planning for a 32-team competition ever since winning the bid eight years ago.
“We’ve spoken with Qatari authorities. We’ll see, we gathered the opinions of members of different federations, so far the majority of them are in favour for 48 teams in 2022 because it gives teams more chances to qualify from each continent,” Infantino was quoted as saying by Qatar Tribune.
“It gives teams a realistic chance of qualifying for the World Cup. In Asia, we’ve four teams qualifying already, and that’ll be increased to eight teams. In Africa, five to 10 teams qualifying makes a big difference,” he added.
FIFA has announced that a final decision regarding the number of teams would be taken in March next year, after a thorough feasibility study, before the qualifying process for 2022 begins.
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