BBCNEWS Sport Today March 31, 2017
48 teams 16. Asia get eight, africa get nine. All in all that is 46 places amongst the confederations, and the last two places will be decided by a play off tournament, to be decided amongst six teams. That will take place potentially in the november pre seeding the tournament year, fifa saying it could be a test event, that could be the death knell, then, perhaps, for the confederations cup. But fifa making clear that this is exactly how it wants to see the 2026 world cup divided amongst the confederations. It will now go forward to ratification in may. That would seem to be a formality, and ...
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