more teams to qatar's world cup in 2022 was a bit too optimistic for president giani if in tinos idea of the expansion will have to wait until 2026 as schedule fifa want to neighboring countries like the u. 8 to help host the tournament but an economic blockade in the region against qatar showed no signs of being lifted feet for their 4 released this statement following a thorough and comprehensive consultation process with the involvement of all the relevant stakeholders it was concluded that under the current circumstances such a proposal could not be made now qatar was open to being the lone host for the potential $48.00 team contest but couldn't find a viable operating model to sustain the idea building its world cup if a structure almost from scratch has been and continues to be a tall order in itself however construction for 32 teams seems to be on schedule.