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CONCACAF chief rejects 64-team World Cup plan for 2030

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Victor Montagliani, the president of CONCACAF, has rejected the South American proposal for a 64-team World Cup in 2030 (Megan Briggs)

The South American proposal for the 2030 World Cup to characteristic 64 groups has acquired a severe blow with CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani rejecting the concept.

The opposition of Montagliani, who heads the confederation for the 41 member associations in North and Central America and the Caribbean, follows related stances taken by UEFA and the Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC).

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“I do not consider increasing the lads’s World Cup to 64 groups is the appropriate transfer for the match itself and the broader soccer ecosystem, from nationwide groups to membership competitions, leagues, and gamers,” Montagliani informed ESPN.

The World Cup will increase from 32 to groups to 48 for the 2026 match within the USA, Canada and Mexico however CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez not too long ago proposed going to 64 nations for 2030.

Dominguez stated such a transfer may very well be a one-off for the centenary version of the match which will likely be hosted in Spain, Portugal and Morocco but in addition characteristic a recreation in three totally different South American nations.

However Montagliani stated it was far too early to even be desirous about additional enlargement.

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“We have 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,” he stated.

On Saturday, AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa additionally expressed opposition.

“Personally, I do not agree,” the Bahraini chief informed AFP, including the 2030 version had settled on 48 groups “so the matter is settled”.

“If the problem stays open to vary, then the door won’t solely be open to increasing the match to 64 groups, however somebody would possibly come alongside and demand elevating the quantity to 132 groups,” Sheikh Salman stated on the sidelines of the thirty fifth AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur.

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“The place would we find yourself then? It might change into chaos.”

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin had known as the proposal a “dangerous thought”.

It stays to be seen what stance the FIFA management will tackle the concept however secretary common Mattias Grafstrom stated the world physique would “analyse” the South American proposal.

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Criticism grows round proposed 64-team World Cup in 2030

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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 develop the lads’s in 2030 to 64 groups.

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Nearly all of the shall 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 hundredth anniversary.

South American governing physique CONMEBOL has proposed the match 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 best transfer for the match itself and the broader soccer ecosystem, from nationwide groups to membership competitions, leagues, and gamers,” CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani advised .

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“We haven’t even kicked off the brand new 48-team World Cup but, so personally, I don’t assume that increasing to 64 groups ought to even be on the desk.”

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UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has beforehand voiced his opposition to the concept, : “I feel it’s a dangerous concept.”

The Asian Soccer Confederation has additionally spoken out in opposition to the proposal, per , saying that the concept may result in “chaos.”

A 64-team match would possible 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 advised 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 considered one of its Council members,” a FIFA spokesperson mentioned in an announcement. There may be at the moment no public timeline as to when the subject shall be mentioned.

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Criticism grows round proposed 64-team World Cup in 2030

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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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Concacaf opposes 64-team World Cup plans for 2030

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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.”

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