UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin mentioned on Thursday it might be “a nasty concept” for FIFA to broaden the World Cup to 64 nations for the 2030 match.
The 2026 version in america, Mexico and Canada will already see the format improve from 32 groups to 48.
However the head of the Uruguayan soccer federation, Ignacio Alonso, instructed additional increasing the match on the final FIFA Council assembly in March.
Soccer’s international governing physique mentioned it “had an obligation to analyse” the proposal, which European chief Ceferin denounced at UEFA’s congress in Belgrade.
“It is possibly much more shocking for me than for you. I believe it is a dangerous concept,” Ceferin mentioned.
“I believe it isn’t a good suggestion for the World Cup itself and it isn’t a good suggestion for our qualifiers as properly, as you recognize.
“So, I am not supporting that concept. I do not know the place it got here from. It is unusual that we did not know something earlier than this proposal on the FIFA Council.”
The 2030 World Cup will probably be performed in three continents, with Portugal, Spain and Morocco the principle hosts.
There may even be three matches in South America – in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay – to have fun the centenary version. The inaugural World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay.
That call paved the way in which for Saudi Arabia to carry the 2034 occasion.
