Concacaf president Victor Montagliani voiced his opposition to the current proposal to increase the 2030 Fifa World Cup to 64 groups.
The 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico would be the first with 48 groups, up from 32 at Qatar in 2022.
Montagliani mentioned rising the dimensions of the sphere once more in 2030 would injury “the broader soccer ecosystem”.
“I don’t consider increasing the boys’s World Cup to 64 groups is the best transfer for the match itself and the broader soccer ecosystem, from nationwide groups to membership competitions, leagues and gamers,” Montagliani instructed ESPN.
“We haven’t even kicked off the brand new 48-team World Cup but, so personally, I don’t suppose that increasing to 64 groups ought to even be on the desk.“
The 2030 World Cup is being hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with video games additionally being performed in Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil.
Conmebol, South American soccer’s governing physique, made headlines earlier this month by calling for the enlargement to 64 groups because the World Cup marks its 100-year anniversary.
A 64-team match would imply 128 matches, doubling the 64 performed in Qatar in 2022.
“We’re satisfied that the centennial celebration will likely be distinctive, as a result of 100 years solely occur as soon as,” Conmebol president Alejandro Dominguez mentioned earlier this month.
“And that’s why we’re proposing, for the one time, to carry this anniversary with 64 groups, on three continents concurrently. So that each one nations have the chance to stay a world expertise, and in order that nobody on this planet is omitted of this celebration which, regardless that it’s performed all over the place, is our social gathering.”
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