FIFA is set to announce the introduction of a new format for the 2026 world cup which will include 104 games spread over 39 days.
The decision will be made official at a meeting of the FIFA Council on Tuesday night in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Also, on Thursday, the world’s football leaders will meet there for their annual congress.
The World Cup in 2026, which will be held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, will also be the longest. With 48 teams, it was already the largest World Cup history.
The original plan was to divide the participants into 16 groups of three, with the top two advancing to a 32-team knockout round. Its schedule would have included 80 games, an increase from the 64-game format utilized by FIFA since 1998.
What this change means for the allocation of games between the three host nations remains to be seen, as the US was staging 60 games in the original format, with Canada and Mexico getting 10 each
