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The next World Cup, when the number of
participating countries will be expanded to 48, will maintain a group stage system of four teams each. Instead, if they make it through the group stage, they will go to the round of 4 instead of the round of 16, and the third-place team in the group will also have a chance.

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FIFA has decided to increase the group stage of the 32-nation CONCACAF 3 World Cup to 48 groups while maintaining the existing format of four teams per group.

The 2026 teams from the first and second places in each group will advance directly to the round of 4, while the top eight teams from the 12 third-place teams in the group will also advance to the round of 1.

FIFA initially considered dividing the group into 2 groups of three with the first and second placed teams advancing to the round of 24, but the Qatar World Cup changed that.

Just as we anxiously awaited the results against Ghana and Uruguay after beating Portugal on the last day of the group stage, we decided to maintain the 'group of four' format to keep it exciting until the end and avoid match-fixing concerns.

Neither the number of participating countries from 32 to 3 nor the maintenance of the group stage format is bad for us.

The number of tickets given to Asia has increased from 12.8 to 32.3, increasing the chances of qualifying and increasing the chances of qualifying as there is a chance for third place in the group.

[Jurgen Klinsmann/National Football Team Manager: We're going to give you faith, our goal is not just to get through the group stage, but to get as high as possible in the tournament.]

However, since the tournament starts with the round of 16, you will have to cross the gateway one more time to replicate the round of 1 achieved in Qatar.

(Video Interview: Park Seung-won, Video Editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Son Seung-pil)