Why this will be FIFA’s biggest and most global World Cup

The world is in North America for what FIFA believes will be the largest football tournament ever staged.

Not just because of the number of teams, not just because of the number of matches, but because of the sheer scale of what is being attempted.

48 nations, 104 matches, 3 host countries, 16 cities spread across an entire continent.

and hundreds of millions of fans watching from around the world.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is not simply expanding, it is transforming the way major sporting events

are organised.

I'm Afsal Ahmed and this is Allowed.

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In this episode, we've adapted the piece, United 2026, why this will be FIFA's biggest and most global World Cup, by Daniel Morale Ruvalcaba, published on TRT World on May the 19th, 2026.