FIFA is expected to confirm a new format for the 2026 World Cup, expanding the tournament to 104 games over 39 days.
The decision will be approved at a meeting of the FIFA Council today Tuesday in Rwanda's capital Kigali, where world football leaders have gathered for the annual conference on Thursday
Co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, the 2026 edition will already be the biggest World Cup ever, with 48 teams and the longest running
The original idea was to have 16 groups of three teams, a playoff to get 32 teams, two teams from each group
The arrangement would involve 80 games, up from the 64-game system that FIFA has used since 1998.
But having three teams in a group can lose the excitement of the last round of group stage games at the same time, and it also increases the chances of the two teams in the previous game to cooperate to produce the results they need
