FIFA has imposed a two team-per-nation rule for the new Club World Cup. Once met, no other team from that country can qualify. It means than next year, a number of Europe's biggest clubs, including FC Barcelona, Liverpool, and Napoli, will miss out. There is a caveat, however. All...
Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. The World Cup group stage format for 2026 was changed to 12 groups of four teams from 16 groups of three teams by FIFA’s Council on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner
Check out all the results and venues for the2022 FIFA World Cupin Qatar, including theknockout bracket.What was the FIFA World Cup format?The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four nations. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout rounds.The competition then moved onto a...
play2:18 Soccer FIFA's president reveals new format for 2025 Club World Cup in the U.S. Gianni Infantino explains the new FIFA Club World Cup format beginning with the 2025 tournament hosted in the United States.
“The groups of four have been absolutely incredible until the last minute of the last match,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the architect of the expansion to 48 teams, said toward the end of the 2022 World Cup. “We have to revisit or at least re-discuss the format.” ...
"The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will therefore remain as originally planned with 32 teams and no proposal will be submitted at the next FIFA Congress on June 5," it added. The FIFA Congress will be held in Paris prior to the Women's World Cup France from June 7 to July 7....
The 2022 FIFA World Cup followed a familiar format with the 32 teams divided into eight groups - Group A to H - of four teams each. The teams in each group competed in a single-headed round-robin format in the group stage of the competition. ...
SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Son Heung-min scored a brace and assisted one goal to help South Korea beat China 3-0 in Group C of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifying tournament second stage here on Tuesday. In the opening matches of Group C last Thursday, China rall...
For the answer, one needs to turn the clock back to the 1950 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. In order to increase the number of matches and increase ticketing revenues, the Brazilian football federation, the organisers, proposed a new tournament format. ...
FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ 01:41 FIFA Club World Cup 2025™: Everything you need to know FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ Find out all the information on the new club tournament with details of qualified teams, dates, competition format, hosts, tickets and more. Read More Register your...