World Cup in Qatar final with 32 participants
The 2022 World Championship in Qatar will simply be played with 32 participants. Earlier, FIFA talked about a possible expansion to 48 teams.
An internal research team of the world football association has investigated on behalf of FIFA and Qatar whether it was feasible to expand the football tournament from 32 to 48 in 2022 participants, which will also include neighboring countries.
Following this study and extensive discussions with stakeholders, FIFA concludes that an extension is not feasible in the short term. Neighboring countries, for example, do not want to cooperate with Qatar.
Subsequently, they looked at whether the proposal would still be feasible if FIFA relaxed certain conditions. Once again it has been concluded that the preparation is already at such a stage that an expansion to enormous logistical problems will cause.
The deadline to reach a final decision is in June 2019, but on Based on the existing conclusions, FIFA will not further investigate whether the 2022 World Cup can be extended.
In short, the World Championship in Qatar is simply played with 32 participants.
Read all news »Published on: 23-05-2019 10:15 | Updated on: 23-05-2019 10:15 | By: Patrick
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The 2022 World Championship in Qatar will simply be played with 32 participants. FIFA previously spoke about a possible expansion to 48 teams.
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