The 2026 World Cup will have a record 48 teams, and Japan became the first nation excluding the three hosts to secure a spot. Other teams could follow in the current international window.

The next FIFA World Cup is less than 18 months away, with the United States, Canada and Mexico poised to host the 23rd edition in 2026. Lionel Messi completed his long and occasionally tortuous ...

FIFA will consider a proposal to expand the 2030 men's World Cup to a whopping 64 teams, twice the size of the 2022 tournament and previous editions. The World Cup is set to expand to 48 teams for ...

By Tariq Panja FIFA, the governing body for global soccer, is considering a plan that would increase the number of teams in the 2030 World Cup to 64 for a one-off expansion to mark the centenary ...