New Delhi, June 8 -- The upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 promises to be the biggest tournament yet.

A record 48 teams will compete in the FIFA World Cup 2026 for the first time, with the tournament thus moving away from the 32-team format introduced in 1998.

Three countries-the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico -will host the FIFA World Cup for the first time.

The last and only time more than one country hosted the FIFA World Cup was in 2002, when Japan and South Korea hosted.

Back in 1930, only 13 teams took part in the inaugural FIFA World Cup.

This increased to 16 teams between the 1934 and 1978 editions (Excluding 1938 and 1950, when only 15 and 13 teams, respectively, took part), and later expanded to 24 teams from the 1...