Fifa to expand competition to 48 teams after vote

Fifa president Gianni Infantino had said the World Cup had to be "more inclusive"

An underlying phase of 16 groups of three teams will go before a knockout stage for the rest of the 32 when the change is made for the 2026 competition. 

The sport's world governing body voted collectively for the change at a meeting in Zurich on Tuesday. 

The quantity of competition matches will ascend to 80, from 64, however the possible champs will in any case play just seven games.

The competition will be finished inside 32 days - a measure to appease powerful European clubs, who questioned change on account of a swarmed international timetable. The changes mark the first World Cup expansion since 1998.

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