UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin attends a news conference after an Executive Board meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe wants 16 places at the expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup finals, Aleksander Ceferin, the president of the continent's soccer organisation UEFA, said on Thursday.
The game's governing body, FIFA, decided last month to add 16 teams at the finals with a first round of 16 groups of three. The top two in each group would qualify for the knockout stage.
