France won the 2018 World Cup in RussiaPlans to expand the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams have been abandoned by Fifa. Fifa president Gianni Infantino said last year the expansion from 32 teams could be brought forward from 2026 to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Why does Fifa want to expand the World Cup? Infantino has been a strong advocate of the expansion and said the World Cup has to be "more inclusive". "We are in the 21st century and we have to shape the World Cup of the 21st century," he said when announcing the change.

Source: BBC May 22, 2019 19:32 UTC