FIFA would be analyzing to extend to 64 the amount of selections participating in the 2030 World Cup.
According to the New York Timesthe initiative arose after a meeting of the FIFA And it was driven by Ignacio AlonsoPresident of the Uruguayan Football Association. The American media also remarked that the proposal would have generated great interest in the president of FIFA, the Swiss Gianni Infantino.
He World Cup 2030 The centenary of the first edition of this tournament will commemorate and will be held in six countries of three different continents: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
This would represent a new change in the Worldthat in the edition of the year that 2026 will have for the first time the participation of 48 selections.
The previous format, which was from 32 participating countriesbegan to be used in France 1998.
While the decision to expand more and more places for World Cups can generate very good results in economic matters to FIFAthis is not seen with good eyes by football fans, because there will be many selections that would not be competitive enough.
FIFA raised the ban on a selection and can play the 2026 World Cup
After Pakistan Football Federation (Pff) will approve the modifications of the FIFAthe entity that governs world football raised the suspension of the Pff and recovered all his rights as a member. This means that you can compete in the Asian qualifiers to the World Cup 2026.
This Tuesday, the entity that governs Gianni Infantino He reculled in his decision made on February 6, when the office of the FIFA advice reported in a statement that sanctioned the selections of Pakistan and of Congo.
In turn, the Pff presented an appeal to the sanction of the FIFA And now this was accepted, so the elimination process of the World You can live it in a normal way.
Meanwhile, the Congo selection did not run with the same fate and due to serious violation of the statutes of the FIFA You will not have the possibility of playing World Cup qualifiers.
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