FIFA set to retain four-team groups at 2026 World Cup after success of format at Qatar 2022 – report
FIFA could retain the four-team group format for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The next World Cup will see the number of teams taking part expand from 32 to 48.
Ad Arsene Wenger – head of FIFA's Football Development Department – has previously said that FIFA was working on three possibilities of competition format for the tournament.
A final decision, according to FIFA’s website, will be made during 2023. World CupSouthgate reveals criticism made him question position as England manager26/01/2023 AT 21:57 It was widely expected that FIFA would elect to divvy the teams up into 16 groups of three teams.
However, according to the BBC, FIFA’s decision could be swayed by the excitement generated by the four-group format at the 2022 World Cup, where multiple groups went down to the wire.