FIFA President Gianni Infantino revealed plans for the Club World Cup.

Chairman Infantino held a pre-press conference ahead of the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup final between Argentina and France at 0:00 am (Korean time) on the 19th. Until 2022, the current Club World Cup system will be held, and from February 1, 2023 It was announced that it would be held in Morocco until the 11th.

Originally, FIFA planned to hold the expanded competition with 24 teams in 2021. However, the plan was canceled due to the corona virus.

Rather, President Infantino announced that he would hold an expanded FIFA Club World Cup with 32 teams. “We discussed some strategic principles. For men’s football, we agreed to host a new Men’s Clubs World Cup, which will happen in 2025. With 32 teams participating, we will make it like this World Cup,” he said. revealed that

He added, “Every four years there will be a Club World Cup with 32 teams participating. The first competition will be in the summer of 2025. They will be the best team in the world to participate.”

In addition, FIFA plans to organize friendly tournaments between different federations in even-numbered years (2024, 2026…) by taking advantage of the March A-match period. And from the end of September to the beginning of October, during the A-match break, he announced that he would play 4 games instead of 2. “We saw the importance of teams from different continents facing each other more regularly. We also want to take advantage of the March A-match period in even-numbered years to organize a friendly tournament between four teams from different federations,” he said. 메이저사이트

He also explained that he would reconsider the format of the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America. Initially, FIFA announced that the 48 teams would be divided into 16 groups of 3 teams, and the first and second place in each group would advance to the round of 32. However, Chairman Infantino said he would review the system. “For the next World Cup, we need to reconsider the group of 16 with three teams. Maybe a group of 12 with four teams would be better. We need to reconsider or discuss it again,” he said.