just finish the 2026 World Cupbut the controversy is not over yet. In fact, now all eyes point to the next World Cup in 2030.
He president of CONMEBOLAlejandro Domínguez, continues to insist on the idea that the next World Cup increase the number of teams again to 64 teams. This was revealed in a post in ‘X’ in which the Paraguayan leader He bid farewell to the now-finished World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
“We experienced a historic World Cup, the first with 48 teams, a true success. Congratulations dear Gianni Infantino and all the friends of FIFA for such a great organization and congratulations to Spain for being the new world champion. In 2030, see you at home with the dream of playing it with 64 teams to celebrate the centenary of the World Cup!“, reads Domínguez’s post.
A highly questioned measure
Despite the announcement by the leader of the South American confederation, the truth is that This measure is not yet official. And in fact, it seems be further than what Domínguez appeared to show. It is worth remembering that, as progressed BRAND, The 64-team World Cup seems doomed to failure. The UEFA is againstbut also practically the rest. The idea comes from CONMEBOL, but even among some of its most important federations it finds important detractors.
Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, in the spotlight during the World Cup
The FIFA president listened, but There has been no movement beyond that proposal and everything will remain that way.. The FIFA, in fact, already had many detractors at the time when it proposed the club World Cup every two years.among them, the European Club Association itself.