FIFA is considering the possibility of 2030 national teams participating in the 64 World Cup in Morocco, Spain and Portugal (with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay each hosting one match), instead of the 48 planned for the next World Cup in 2026.
The New York Times reported on the "crazy" idea of the World Football Federation, without citing a source.
The current World Cup format with 32 teams has proven to be too small for FIFA and its first man, Gianni Infantino, so starting next year, the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada will have 48 teams.
It is reported that the proposal of 64 national teams was put forward by a Uruguayan delegate to the FIFA meeting and that it provoked a "stunned silence" from the other delegates, not even FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, who described the proposal as "interesting".
Saudi Arabia recently won the bid to host the 2034 World Cup, although the last World Cup (2022) was held in neighboring Qatar.
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