48-team World Cup faces tight schedule

The 2022 men’s World Cup must be played in 28 days even if it is expanded to 48 teams, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said, acknowledging that the tight schedule will make it even harder to push through his preferred vision of a bigger 80-game tournament. FIFA will decide in March whether to add 16 teams to its showcase tournament in time for the 2022 soccer showcase in Qatar.