World Cup: Michael van Praag, a candidate for the presidency of FIFA, would expand to 40 teams

News Tank Football - Paris - News #35525 - Published on 03/03/15 at 14:44

Changing the format of the World Cup from 32 participating nations to 40 from the 2026 edition is one of the proposals presented by Michael van Praag, the president of the KNVB (the Royal Football Association of the Netherlands) and a candidate in the FIFA presidency, in Amsterdam (NED) on 02/03/2015.

Michael van Praag also proposes that the...


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