The Surprising Number of Teams Competing in This Year’s World Cup—You Won’t Believe Who Made the Cut!
To reach that, nations have to either finish in the top two positions of their respective group or – and this is where it gets complicated – be one of the top-ranked third teams.
Those who finish in the top eight positions of FIFA’s mini-league are then automatically drawn against the winner from Groups A, B, D, E, G, I, K or L.
In total, the World Cup will see 104 matches played from start to finish while the 48-team format could be expanded further to mark the competition’s centenary in 2030.
A proposal by South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL wants the tournament held predominantly in Spain, Portugal and Morocco to feature 64 teams.
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