The 2026 World Cup final week will increase by 50% from the current 32 teams to 48 teams. For the first time, three countries, the United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the competition. There will be as many as 16 competition cities, and the total number of competitions will increase from the current 64. To 80 games, yesterday, it was reported that in order to make the next game more exciting and attractive, FIFA will study reducing it to 12 groups and changing back to 4 teams in each group in the next few months. The first-line seats are two teams, plus 8 of the best third-placed teams in the group stage, to determine the top 32, and each top 4 team will need to play 8 games, one more game than this year.
However, as the number of participating teams and matches in the next World Cup may increase, the number of match days will also increase accordingly, which means that FIFA and the various national teams will have more friction with the ball to which the players belong. The World Cup was held for the first time in 1930. At that time, only 13 teams participated, and then gradually increased to 24 teams in 1982. In 1998, it was changed to 32 teams and has remained so far.
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