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FIFA Council members will be asked on Friday to approve a pilot tournament for an expanded 24-team Club World Cup in June-July 2021, The Associated Press has learned.
An overhaul of the current seven-team annual competition, normally in December, is being pursued by FIFA President Gianni Infantino to generate new interest and greater revenue despite ongoing opposition from Europe, with the long-term vision of the bigger Club World Cup being staged every four years.
Infantino informed council members last March of a $25 billion offer from investors, led by Japan’s SoftBank, to guarantee funding to overhaul the Club World Cup and introduce mini-World Cups for national teams every two years in a worldwide Nations League.
Of the funding package, an enlarged Club World Cup was guaranteed to deliver FIFA at least $12 billion in revenue 2021-33. But now FIFA just wants agreement on the concept of replacing the little-regarded current Club World Cup format, removing funding from the discussions.
According to a paper seen by the AP, the FIFA Council in Miami will be asked on Friday to approve a trial 24-team Club World Cup running from June 17-July 4, 2021. That is the slot previously reserved for the Confederations Cup, which serves as a test event in a host nation a year before the World Cup.
https://apnews.com/8602ada7064c4a14b02a19c502220cdc
An overhaul of the current seven-team annual competition, normally in December, is being pursued by FIFA President Gianni Infantino to generate new interest and greater revenue despite ongoing opposition from Europe, with the long-term vision of the bigger Club World Cup being staged every four years.
Infantino informed council members last March of a $25 billion offer from investors, led by Japan’s SoftBank, to guarantee funding to overhaul the Club World Cup and introduce mini-World Cups for national teams every two years in a worldwide Nations League.
Of the funding package, an enlarged Club World Cup was guaranteed to deliver FIFA at least $12 billion in revenue 2021-33. But now FIFA just wants agreement on the concept of replacing the little-regarded current Club World Cup format, removing funding from the discussions.
According to a paper seen by the AP, the FIFA Council in Miami will be asked on Friday to approve a trial 24-team Club World Cup running from June 17-July 4, 2021. That is the slot previously reserved for the Confederations Cup, which serves as a test event in a host nation a year before the World Cup.
https://apnews.com/8602ada7064c4a14b02a19c502220cdc