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Of the thirteen teams participating in the first edition of the FIFA World Cup, in Uruguay in 1930, the tournament is set to have the largest increase in competing nations in its history. In the competition, which will be jointly organized by the United States, Mexico and Canada in 2026, there will be 48 teams, an expansion approved in 2017. It is the most dramatic increase for the tournament as it heads into its centenary.
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Over many editions, the World Cup has been played with 16 national teams, to grow to 24 and then to 32, the number it was last played in Qatar 2022. How will the World Cup be accomplished with 48 representatives? What system will be used? How many matches will be held? These and many other questions will be clarified next Thursday, March 16, when the 73rd FIFA Congress takes place in Kigali (Rwanda).
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The paper says wittyFrom Spain: The 2026 World Cup will consist of 104 matches: 12 groups of four teams, round of 16, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. This is the plan that FIFA will put to a vote at its General Conference. according to BBCAll parties (National Associations, FIFA Council and the World Cup Organizing Committee) agreed to maintain the current format of the group and adapt it to the expansion of 48 participants.
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If the idea led by FIFA President Gianni Infantino is accepted at the Kigali conference, the 2026 World Cup, according to AS, will be distributed as follows: 72 matches in the group stage (instead of 48 matches between France 19998 and Korea and Japan 2002), 16 for Round of 16 (a new round can be accessed for the best eight third places in each sector has been added), eight for Round of 16, four for the quarter-finals, two semi-final rounds, the third-place duel and the grand finale.
The original plan for the first World Cup in three host nations (Mexico, the United States and Canada) was to create 16 groups of three teams each. But the chain BBC It stated that “the dramatic closing of the preliminary round at Qatar 2022 (all groups limited their qualifiers to the round of 16 in the final minutes) is the main factor that made FIFA directors change their minds.” (Dr)
