Concacaf opposes 64-team World Cup plans for 2030

Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has criticised a connection to grow nan 2030 men's World Cup to 64 teams.

The plans, put guardant by South American governing assemblage Conmebol, person besides drawn guidance from Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin and nan Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The tourney will beryllium hosted by Spain, Morocco and Portugal, aft nan opening matches are held successful Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

The 2026 World Cup, which will return spot crossed nan United States, Mexico and Canada, has already been expanded from 32 to 48 teams.

But Conmebol said it wanted to adhd much participants to people nan competition's 100-year anniversary.

"I don't judge expanding nan men's World Cup to 64 teams is nan correct move for nan tourney itself and nan broader shot ecosystem, from nationalist teams to nine competitions, leagues, and players," Montagliani told ESPN., external

"We haven't moreover kicked disconnected nan caller 48-team World Cup yet, truthful personally, I don't deliberation that expanding to 64 teams should moreover beryllium connected nan table."

Concacaf is nan governing assemblage of shot successful North America, Central America and nan Caribbean.

The determination to grow nan 2026 World Cup to 48 teams was taken successful 2017 pursuing a unanimous ballot astatine a Fifa congress.

Fifa's 75th legislature will beryllium held successful Paraguay connected 15 May, erstwhile Conmebol's connection could beryllium discussed.

If nan connection is accepted, nan 2030 version would dwell of 128 matches, double nan number played nether nan 64-game format utilized from 1998 and 2022.

In March, Ceferin described nan connection arsenic a "bad idea" while AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa said it would origin "chaos".

"If nan rumor remains unfastened to change, past nan doorway will not only beryllium unfastened to expanding nan tourney to 64 teams," said Salman.

"But personification mightiness travel on and request raising nan number to 132 teams. Where would we extremity up then? It would go chaos."