Football's governing body, FIFA, has claimed that fans support its idea for a World Cup to be staged every two years from 2028.
The global body says it undertook the survey among fans as part of a feasibility study into increasing the frequency of the competition from the current four-year cycle.
FIFA surveyed 23,000 respondents in 23 countries across all six confederations and 15,000 people 'were identified as expressing an interest in football and the...World Cup'.
Arsene Wenger has put forward plans to change the World Cup from every four years to two
In a statement, FIFA added: 'Based on initial results, the following conclusions can be drawn:
'The majority of fans would like to see a more frequent men's FIFA World Cup; of this majority the preferred frequency is biennial. There are considerable differences between the so-called traditional markets and the developing football markets and younger generations in all regions are more open and interested in change than older generations.'
However, a biennial World Cup is a controversial proposal.
Earlier this month, 58 fan groups from all over the world expressed their opposition to the idea in a campaign coordinated by Football Supporters Europe.
In addition, the European Leagues, an umbrella body that includes the Premier League, has expressed its opposition to the plan.
Former Arsenal boss Wenger is currently trying to gather support for his new, radical plans
Arsene Wenger presented his plans for the reform of the international calendar to journalists
His plan includes reducing the number of international windows. The current situation - status quo - shows five windows in red. Wenger is putting forward two options, in the first there is just one window each season and in the second, there are two reducing player travel
In the second part of his proposal, Wenger suggests a World Cup every two years with the year in between being filled with an international competition within each confederation
And Aleksander Ceferin, the president of UEFA, even suggested that his confederation and its South American counterpart could boycott a more frequent competition.
Even so, FIFA is determined to pursue the idea. It has highlighted the dominance of European and South American football within the global game and wants more countries, from less developed confederations, to have the opportunity to compete in a World Cup and host a tournament.
