Gianni Infantino announces possible expansion of the World Cup to 64 teams

FIFA President Gianni Infantino reported on the successful staging of the World Cup in the new 48-team format and stated his readiness to consider expanding the tournament to 64 teams. The head of the international federation emphasized that, based on the results of the past championship, the question of further increasing the number of participants will definitely be put forward for discussion.

According to Infantino, the updated format fully justified itself, and all the teams that arrived for the tournament demonstrated a high level of football. The FIFA leader particularly highlighted the fact that national teams from every continent managed to score goals and earn at least one point each in the group stage. These sporting results and the overall success of the competition became the main argument for the potential expansion of the number of participants in the final stage of the world championship to 64 national teams in the future.