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FIFA World Cup 2026 To Feature 12 Groups Of Four Teams

The expanded 2026 men's World Cup in North America will start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three, football's world governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday. The next World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be the first to feature 48 teams, a sharp increase from the 32 sides at last year's tournament in Qatar. "The revised format mitigates the risk of collusion and ensures that all the teams play a minimum of three matches, while providing balanced rest time between competing teams," FIFA said.

World Cup 2026 to feature 12 groups of four teams

KIGALI: The expanded 2026 men’s World Cup in North America will start with 12 groups of four teams, a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three, football’s world governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday. “The revised format mitigates the risk of collusion and ensures that all the teams play a minimum of three matches, while providing balanced rest time between competing teams,” FIFA said of the format for the first World Cup to feature 48 teams, up from 32 sides at the recent tournament in Qatar.

Unopposed Gianni Infantino Set For Third Term As FIFA President

Gianni Infantino is set to be waved in for a third four-year term as FIFA president when world football's governing body holds its annual congress in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Thursday. Delegates from the 211 member federations will have a limited choice at the 73rd FIFA Congress, between re-electing the 52-year-old incumbent by acclamation or symbolically disapproving. Unexpectedly elected in February 2016 following the scandal that brought down Sepp Blatter, Infantino already stood unopposed for re-election in 2019 and is now poised to stay in charge of world football until at least 2027.

‘Wasted money’: Rwanda splurges on sports despite criticism

Rwandan President Paul Kagame addresses the media in Rwandan capital Kigali June 8, 2004. Kagame said he was opposed to foreign intervention in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, where recent fighting has raised fears of a renewed war in central Africa. There are no plans to deploy a European Union military force in war-torn eastern Congo but European nations are being asked to consider sending monitors if a ceasefire can be agreed, diplomats said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly FOR/RSS/ACM