The 2022 World Cup will remains a 32-team tournament, according to a report by The Times’ Martyn Ziegler. In that exclusive report, Ziegler writes that FIFA president Gianni Infantino will announce at FIFA’s June 5th meeting that plans for a 48-team World Cup in 2022 involving Qatar and other neighboring nations has been abandoned.
Exclusive: Fifa abandons plans to expand Qatar World Cup to 48 teams and play games in neighbouring countries | full details from @martynziegler https://t.co/TDd82HLoDd
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Infantino had previously pushed for an expansion of the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams, with original host Qatar sharing matches with some of its Middle East neighbors.