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LAUSANNE: The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played with 32 teams after a proposed expansion of the tournament to 48 sides was scrapped, FIFA announced on Wednesday.
World football鈥檚 governing body said in a statement that 鈥渇ollowing a thorough and comprehensive consultation process with the involvement of all the relevant stakeholders, it was concluded that under the current circumstances such a proposal could not be made now.鈥�
鈥�(The tournament) will therefore remain as originally planned with 32 teams and no proposal will be submitted at the next FIFA Congress on 5 June,鈥� FIFA added.
An announcement of the final decision hadn鈥檛 been expected until the congress, which is being held in Paris ahead of the Women鈥檚 World Cup.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino had supported the increase in the size of the tournament.
However the statement said that the study 鈥渃oncluded that due to the advanced stage of preparations and the need for a detailed assessment of the potential logistical impact on the host country, more time would be required and a decision could not be taken before the deadline of June.鈥�
That led to FIFA dropping the idea, despite the organization recommending in March that the number of teams should be raised to 48 for 2022, ahead of the planned 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Expanding the competition for the 2022 tournament was always a complicated proposition. FIFA had sounded out potential co-hosts in the region willing to support Qatar, a complicated proposition for Doha which is subject to an ongoing embargo by 抖阴短视频, the UAE and their allies.
Last week Hassan Al-Thawadi, the secretary general of Qatar鈥檚 Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, said that a feasibility study jointly carried out by FIFA and Qatar would favor 鈥渆xpansion to other countries.鈥�
抖阴短视频, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain cut all ties with Doha in June 2017, accusing Qatar of supporting extremist groups and Iran.