FIFA president Gianni Infantino admits that the 2022 World Cup’s immensely-entertaining group stage has made soccer’s governing body reconsider its planned changes for 2026.
The tournament will grow to 48 teams and a new Round of 32 in four years time, and nothing’s set to change there.
Infantino, however, says that the planned implementation of 16 groups of three could switch to 12 groups of four.
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The tournament currently has eight groups of four, neatly sending two teams each to the Round of 16.