The president of the fifa, Gianni Infantinotoday announced the creation of a new Club World Cup with 32 teams that will start playing each other from 2025.
Without specifying the details on his ranking, which will be specified in the future, the Swiss stated that the format of the game will be like the current World Cup for national teams. on a quarterly basis. That is, divided into groups and qualification for the round of 16.
“The new Men’s Club World Cup will take place in 2025 and will have 32 teams. We will do it like a World Cup,” he said during a press conference held in Doha.
Currently the tournament takes place annually with the champions of each continental confederation and the championship winner of the organizing country.
By the way, Infantino has announced that the next edition will be held from February 1st to 11th in Morocco.
Those classified so far are Real Madrid (Spain), Flamengo (Brazil), Seattle Sounders (United States), Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) and Auckland City (New Zealand). The representatives of Asia and Africa remain to be defined.
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