March 17 – Whereas focus has been shifted to the 2025 Membership World Cup and the way groups will qualify, or have certified, FIFA have additionally stated they’ll run a worldwide membership competitors yearly.
In a press launch following outlining FIFA Council choices earlier this week, FIFA stated that the “Membership World Cup can be discontinued after the 2023 version”, however {that a} new annual competitors can be created for “the champions of their (the confederations’) premier membership competitions to play one another yearly to stimulate competitiveness”.
FIFA stated that the annual occasion was being created in response to a “want expressed by the confederations”.
However the competitors won’t function the European champions till the ultimate the place the winner will
“The FIFA Council unanimously accredited the strategic idea of a yearly FIFA membership competitors as of 2024,” stated FIFA.
“This competitors will function the champions of the premier membership competitions of all confederations and conclude with a remaining to be performed at a impartial venue, between the winner of the UEFA Champions League and the winner of intercontinental play-offs between the opposite confederations.”
No extra particulars on the format, dates or variety of groups got however are to “observe sooner or later”.
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