Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has spoken out against the proposal to expand the 2030 men’s World Cup to 64 teams.
CONMEBOL, South American soccer’s ruling body, has called for the tournament — set to be hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco with games in Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay — to be increased from the 48 teams who will compete in the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer.
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That would see 128 matches played, double the amount at the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
Concacaf, the governing body for North, Central American and Caribbean soccer, will have six guaranteed competitors in 2026, including the three co-hosts, plus the possibility of two more via intercontinental playoffs.
Montagliani believes any expansion would damage “the broader football ecosystem.”
“I don’t believe expanding the men’s World Cup to 64 teams is the right move for the tournament itself and the broader football ecosystem, from national teams to club competitions, leagues, and players,” Montagliani told ESPN.
“We haven’t even kicked off the new 48-team World Cup yet, so personally, I don’t think that expanding to 64 teams should even be on the table.”
The 2026 World Cup will be the first 48-team edition, an increase from the 32-team format that ran from 1998 to 2022.
The idea was first proposed by Uruguayan football official Ignacio Alonso last month, before UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin dismissed it as a “bad idea”.
The 2030 tournament will be the competition’s 100th anniversary edition, with the first World Cup having been held in Uruguay in 1930.
The three South American nations are currently set to each host one match to kick off the tournament, before it switches to Europe and north Africa for the remaining 101 games.
“We are convinced that the centennial celebration will be unique, because 100 years only happen once,” CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said at the organisation’s congress earlier this month.
“And that’s why we are proposing, for the only time, to hold this anniversary with 64 teams, on three continents simultaneously. So that all countries have the opportunity to live a global experience, and so that no one on this planet is left out of this celebration which, even though it’s played everywhere, is our party.”
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