Europe blocked from hosting 2026 Fifa World CupAFP Fifa President Gianni Infantino is pushing plans to grow the World Cup, saying a decision will be made on expansion in January. North America appears likely to host an expanded World Cup in 2026 after Fifa essentially barred European countries from bidding for the tournament. Philipp Schmidli/ Getty Images Fifa President Gianni Infantino says a decision on the future format of the World Cup will made in January. We also have a country with 320 million people that has hosted a World Cup and with a lot of terrific stadiums and great infrastructure.'' A US-hosted World Cup would likely set attendance records - in 1994 there were 3.59 million total fans and an average of 69,000 per match.

Source: Stuff October 14, 2016 19:52 UTC