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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Flo Clifford

South America proposes expanding 2030 World Cup to 64 teams

The World Cup could be set to expand even further - (Getty Images)

South American football governing body Conmebol has formally proposed expanding the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams.

The concept was first informally and “spontaneously” suggested by Ignacio Alonso, the president of the Uruguayan Football Association, at the end of a Fifa council meeting last month. Fifa acknowledged the idea, as it does with any proposal by a member.

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