FIFA has unanimously decided the World Cup will be expanded to feature 48 countries from 2026.
The news was confirmed on their Official Twitter page in the past hour.
Expansion was one of the promises made by president Gianni Infantino.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The FIFA Council unanimously decided on a 48-team <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup?src=hash">#WorldCup</a> as of 2026:<br>16 groups of 3 teams. Details to follow after the meeting.</p>— FIFA Media (@fifamedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/fifamedia/status/818753191449948160">January 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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