Xavi says 48-team Qatar World Cup would be too long
Xavi, who won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and is seeing out his career in Qatar with top-flight club Al Sadd, said 48 teams would not be the right option for 2022. — Reuters pic
The World Cup will feature 48 teams for the 2026 edition, to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, but Fifa President Gianni Infantino said last week increasing the number of teams for the 2022 tournament was “feasible”. “It’s too much and too long. Imagine 48 teams in Qatar, it will not be good in my opinion,” he told reporters yesterday.
Should Fifa and Qatari organisers agree on a proposal to increase the number of teams, it would be put to a vote at the Fifa Congress in Paris on June 5.
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