The 2030 World Cup might be held in six nations throughout three continents [Getty Images]
Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has criticised a proposal to develop the 2030 males’s World Cup to 64 groups.
The plans, put ahead by have additionally drawn opposition from Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin and the Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC).
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The match might be hosted by Spain, Morocco and Portugal, after the opening matches are held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The 2026 World Cup, which can happen throughout america, Mexico and Canada, has already been expanded from 32 to 48 groups.
However Conmebol mentioned it wished so as to add extra contributors to mark the competitors’s 100-year anniversary.
“I do not consider increasing the boys’s World Cup to 64 groups is the proper transfer for the match itself and the broader soccer ecosystem, from nationwide groups to membership competitions, leagues, and gamers,” Montagliani
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“We’ve not even kicked off the brand new 48-team World Cup but, so personally, I do not suppose that increasing to 64 groups ought to even be on the desk.”
Concacaf is the governing physique of soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
The choice to develop the 2026 World Cup to 48 groups was taken in 2017 following a unanimous vote at a Fifa congress.
Fifa’s seventy fifth congress might be held in Paraguay on 15 Could, when Conmebol’s proposal might be mentioned.
If the proposal is accepted, the 2030 version would encompass 128 matches, double the quantity performed beneath the 64-game format used from 1998 and 2022.
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In March, Ceferin described the proposal as a “unhealthy concept” whereas AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa mentioned it could trigger “chaos”.
“If the difficulty stays open to vary, then the door is not going to solely be open to increasing the match to 64 groups,” mentioned Salman.
“However somebody may come alongside and demand elevating the quantity to 132 groups. The place would we find yourself then? It might turn into chaos.”