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FIFA: Only 32 teams in Qatar World Cup 2022
3:13 PM,
May 23, 2019
Abiodun Ogundairo
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World football's governing body was hoping to expand the competition to include 48 countries. However, that would have needed another Gulf country to host games along with Qatar, amid deteriorating ties in the region.
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