European countries will not be hosting the World Cup in 2026 due to Fifa’s rotational policy. Which means the previous two host confederations, Europe in 2018 and Asia in 2022 are barred from bidding.
At least, 40 to 48 nations could be involved in the 2026 tournament after the world governing body FIFA agreed to study in greater details -- the option to expand the tournament from it's 32-teams format. The proposals will be made at Fifa’s next meeting on 9 January 2017.
Infantino who took charge of Fifa in February 2016, had promised in one of his election to increase the number of teams at the World Cup to 40.
However, this month the 46-year-old Italian proposed increasing that to 48 countries, with 32 taking part in a preliminary knockout round in the host country and the winners joining 16 seeded teams in the group stages.
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