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 tournament, which was announced in December 2023, replaces the annual Club World Cup which will now be played every four years with 32 teams from 2025. For the first time in the tournament’s history, clubs from Africa, Asia, and Oceania will have the chance to host FIFA matches, wi...
The 2025 Club World Cup will now kick off one day earlier withLionel Messi's Inter Miamiopening the monthlong tournament on June 14, and ending with a week of games at MetLife Stadium near New York. FIFA published the 63-game schedule Saturday for...
In two-and-a-half years from now, the world will see a real Club World Cup where the best club teams will compete to be crowned the Club World champion." Gianni Infantino, FIFA President: (About European officials and clubs opposed to the new Club World Cup format) "There have been ...
He said: “If you look at the calendar now, there is World Cup, Africa Cup of Nations [Afcon], Africa Nations Championships [Chan] and Confederation of African Football [CAF] club competitions qualifiers which are held over a year.
(About European officials and clubs opposed to the new Club World Cup format) "There have been some very positive discussions lately with the UEFA President (Aleksander Ceferin), with UEFA. Constructive dialogue, even though of course there are, on some topics, different points of view. But ...
“We will go all the squad there,” he continued, referring to Manchester City’s plans for the Club World Cup next year. “We don’t go for one game, right? So I don’t know who is the competition itself right now, but we’re not going with 11 players, we...
The first iteration of the newly expanded Club World Cup will take place from June 15 to July 13 next summer in the USA; the competition begins following the completion of domestic and European football; Man City and Chelsea are the only English teams ta
The Club World Cup is set to be staged every four years, replacing the little-regarded annual seven-team event that City won the final version of in December. After a three-team group stage, there will be another four matches up to the final. ...
The sport's governing body is set to vote on a new club world cup, in which the top teams would compete for a share of a $2bn pot every four years. The FT explains how the clubs will be selected if the tournament is given the green light. Share...