CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani has joined those that have opposed plans for the 2030 World Cup. – Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/AP
The president of CONCACAF – the governing physique which runs North, Central America and Caribbean soccer – has added his voice to these opposing a proposal to increase the lads’s in 2030 to 64 groups.
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The vast majority of the might be hosted by Spain, Morocco and Portugal – with the three opening video games set to be held in Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina as a part of the World Cup’s a centesimal anniversary.
South American governing physique CONMEBOL has proposed the event be expanded to 64 groups to permit extra nations to expertise the centenary celebrations.
It comes after the – hosted by US, Canada and Mexico – has already been expanded from 32 groups to 48.
“I don’t imagine increasing the lads’s World Cup to 64 groups is the fitting transfer for the event itself and the broader soccer ecosystem, from nationwide groups to membership competitions, leagues, and gamers,” CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani informed .
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“We haven’t even kicked off the brand new 48-team World Cup but, so personally, I don’t suppose that increasing to 64 groups ought to even be on the desk.”
has reached out to CONCACAF for remark.
UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has beforehand voiced his opposition to the concept, : “I feel it’s a unhealthy thought.”
The Asian Soccer Confederation has additionally spoken out towards the proposal, per , saying that the concept may result in “chaos.”
A 64-team event would seemingly see 128 video games performed, double the quantity of matches on the earlier males’s World Cup in 2022.
Soccer’s world governing physique FIFA informed CNN Sports activities the proposal was “spontaneously raised” by a member at a FIFA council assembly final month.
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“The thought was acknowledged as FIFA has an obligation to investigate any proposal from one among its Council members,” a FIFA spokesperson mentioned in a press release. There’s at the moment no public timeline as to when the subject might be mentioned.
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