Bad Idea For 2030 World Cup To Have 64 Teams, Says Uefa

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday it would be a bad idea for FIFA to expand the World Cup to 64 nations for the 2030 tournament.

The 2026 edition in the United States, Mexico and Canada will already see the format increase from 32 teams to 48.

But the head of the Uruguayan football federation, Ignacio Alonso, suggested further expanding the tournament at the last FIFA Council meeting in March.

Footballs global governing body said it had a duty to analyse the proposal, which European chief Ceferin denounced at UEFAs congress in Belgrade.

Its maybe even more surprising for me than for you. I think its a bad idea, Ceferin said.