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Hassan Al Thawadi: Any potential 2022 World Cup co-host has to miror Qatar's values

However, it is unlikely for any co-hosts to put in practice the values and reforms that Qatar has implemented for the World Cup in such a short time..

FIFA and Qatar have to come to a common agreement while overcoming several obstacles in terms of finding a potential co-host, if the 2022 World Cup is to be expanded to inclujde 48 teams, says Hassan Al Thawadi, Chairman of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

In April 2018, FIFA had received a proposal to carry out a feasibility study into increasing the number of teams for the 2022 FIFA World Cup from 32 to 48.