Blatter: CONCACAF should get four direct World Cup berths

FIFA president Joseph Blatter said on Thursday that
the CONCACAF confederation should get four guaranteed slots at the
next football World Cup in the wake of the region's good results at
last year's tournament in Brazil.

Blatter made the statement at the CONCACAF congress in the Bahamas.
The confederation covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.
"Told delegates at CONCACAF Congress: 'CONCACAF should, in my view,
have 4 slots at next #WorldCup (if 32 teams)'. See last year's
results," the president of the ruling body Blatter tweeted.
Three of the four qualified CONCACAF teams advanced from the 2014
group stage, with the US and Mexico reaching the last 16, and Costa
Rica the quarter-finals.
CONCACAF currently has 3.5 berths, with one team going into a
play-off with a representative from another confederation, in that
case Mexico advancing over New Zealand.
FIFA plans to set the confederation quotas for the 2018 World Cup in
Russia on May 30, the day after the presidential elections where
Blatter seeks a fifth term. The timing has drawn criticism from his
rivals for the presidency, such as Jordan's Prince Ali.
European want one more berth than the current 13, Africa currently
have five spots, South America 5.5, Asia 4.5 and Oceania 0.5.

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