Uppgifter: Fotbolls-VM 2026 blir 40 dagar långt
Internationella fotbollsförbundet Fifa har slagit fast upplägget för nästa herr-VM, som spelas i USA, Kanada och Mexiko 2026. Turneringen blir den första att innehålla 48 lag.
Enligt uppgifter till New York Times har Fifa slopat idén med 16 trelagsgrupper för att i stället välja tolv fyralagsgrupper. Det innebär att mästerskapet får 24 fler matcher än tidigare planerat.
Turneringen blir också rekordlång – mästerskapet väntas hålla på i 40 dagar. Något som lär väcka motstånd inom såväl spelarfacket som de internationella toppklubbarna, skriver tidningen.
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Fotbolls-VM 2026
Wikipedia (en)
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The United States will host 60 matches, including every match from the quarterfinals onward, while neighboring Canada and Mexico will each host 10 matches, making a total of 80 matches. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations. Argentina are the defending champions.
This tournament will be the first to include 48 teams, expanded from 32. The United 2026 bid beat a rival bid by Morocco during a final vote at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. It will be the first World Cup since 2002 to be hosted by more than one nation. With its past hosting of the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, Mexico will become the first country to host or co-host the men's World Cup three times. The United States last hosted the World Cup in 1994, whereas it will be Canada's first time hosting or co-hosting the men's tournament. The event will return to its traditional northern summer schedule after the 2022 edition in Qatar which was held in November and December of that year.
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