The 2026 FIFA World Cup Tournament will be contested by 48 teams as the World Soccer Governing Body has unanimously agreed to expand the current format.

The new format, which will see the finals comprising 16 groups of three teams before a 32-team knockout stage, was voted for unanimously by the FIFA Council at a meeting in Zurich on Tuesday.

President Gianni Infantino had laid out plans for such an expansion as part of his campaign for the top job at world football’s governing body last year.

The 37 Council members were asked to select their favourite from five proposals: two involving a 48-team set-up, two 40-team tournaments, and the current 32-team format.

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