US EditionSouth American soccer head: Expand 2030 World Cup to 64 teams
- Alejandro Dominguez, CONMEBOL president, proposed expanding the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams on Thursday.
- Dominguez made the proposal during CONMEBOL's 80th Ordinary Congress in Buenos Aires.
- The proposed expansion aims to include more nations in the centennial celebration across three continents.
- Dominguez stated this expansion means "nobody on the planet is left out of the party."
- UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin expressed skepticism, calling the proposal 'a bad idea'.
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Asian football chief fears 'chaos' if 2030 World Cup expands to 64 teams
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, on Saturday opposed a South American request to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams, saying such increases in numbers would lead to "chaos".The centenary edition, hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco with three matches also being staged in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay, is already set to welcome 48 teams - a far cry from the 13 in the inaugural event in Urugu…
World Cup 2030: Proposed 64-team tournament branded ‘ridiculous’ amid immediate backlash - The Mirror
South American governing body CONMEBOL has suggested expanding the 2030 World Cup even more by opening the door to 64 teams and staging 128 matches across three continents
The President of the South American Confederation (Conmebol) Alejandro Dominguez, speaking directly to the Fifa, has officially advocated for a World Cup with 64 selections in 2030, for the centenary edition, already planned on three continents. This World Championship 2030 will take place mainly in Spain, Morocco and Portugal. But, for the centenary of the first edition in Uruguay, three meetings are also planned in this country, as well as in …
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