Europe 1 with AFP 5:38 p.m., March 14, 2023
For the first 48-team football World Cup, in North America in 2026, the FIFA Council has indicated that the event will be played in 12 groups of four selections, renouncing the pools of three initially envisaged.
The move will see the number of fixtures in the world's most popular tournament jump from 64 to 104.
The group stage of the 2026 World Cup, the first with 48 teams, will be played in twelve groups of four selections, the FIFA Council announced on Tuesday, renouncing the groups of three initially envisaged.
This decision, which "limits the risk of collusion and guarantees all teams to play at least three matches", will cause the number of matches in the most popular tournament in the world to jump from 64 to 104, from the edition shared between the United States. United, Mexico and Canada.
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