FIFA Recommends Increasing 2022 World Cup To 48 Teams

Sumaira FH Published March 17, 2019 | 01:50 PM

FIFA recommends increasing 2022 World Cup to 48 teams

Miami (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th March, 2019) FIFA has recommended expanding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 to 48 teams, world football�s governing body confirmed on Friday.A final decision on a possible expansion will be taken in a vote of members at FIFA�s Congress in Paris in June.

The support for expanding the tournament came after members of FIFA�s ruling council met in Miami.A feasibility study commissioned by FIFA found that an expanded tournament in Qatar would deliver up to a $400 million windfall but emphasised any enlargement could only take place if some games were staged outside Qatar.

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