In 2025, FIFA will finally launch their latest competition, with the first edition of the newly-revamped Club World Cup set to take place in the United States during the months of June and July.
That means that the 2023 Club World Cup, due to take place in Saudi Arabia this December, will be the final one in its current format, with the competition expanding from just seven teams to 32, and taking place every four years rather than annually.
And following moves by Saudi Arabia and the USA to rival Europe’s dominance in the sport, could FIFA’s latest venture become more popular and prestigious than the Champions League in the future? Could we see the next Haaland or Messi joining Al-Hilal or Urawa Red Diamonds in their prime as they look to win the competition?
On today’s FD Explained, we take a look behind the curtain at FIFA’s bid for dominance in club football.
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I think making it every four years is a good idea and to be honest I’ve always been of the opinion that the title of being World Champions should have a heavier weight to it than it currently does in Europe.
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Good idea and I firmly believe that the biggest club trophy should be the club world cup and and not something like UCLs. But honestly the whole point of this should be to grow local supports for clubs around the world and increase quality outside europe. With the propose set up, European teams will just dominate. They get 12 teams while the next region only gets 6? Like I get the logic behind it but the outcome would be no different than how it is now. You want clubs outside of europe to have a higher chance of winning. To do that means having less european clubs and more clubs from other regions. Ideally you want it to be as close to even as possible.
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No, the Champions League is bigger than the regular World Cup.
I like the club world cup but it still needs more teams now 20 but 32
This is terrible and stupid. Don´t globalize club football
why not have a world knockout tournament every year. for ex the winner of premier league ligue1 mls liga brazil league face in one large tournament
My concern will be the quality of football. We seen how injuries are taking a huge toll and this will just add to it. And if any of the smaller leagues lose any of their first team players they won't represent very well. All for the format but someone is going to lose. Only so much butter and jam for our toast. Great video
So are we saying that players of successful clubs just don't get breaks/pre seasons anymore then? Season starts in August, play through until May, this tournament starts in June, even if it's done within a month (which normally a 32 team world cup does take a full month) means that players will be off in July, when pre season is going and need to be back at their clubs ready for August again.
I know it's not every year so shouldn't be that big of a deal, but then you also have the World Cup and Euros in two of the 3 years that the Club World Cup isn't active, so players get one summer off every 4 years if they play for a big team? Sounds… Interesting.
Club world is good for Africa. If Europeans are offended they can sit out
It’s not a bad idea I guess just the qualification definitely needs looked at
International players won’t get a break
So essentially they just want that USA money
Player welfare is Never featured in these conversations. It's just financial, expansion and more sponsorship. Nothing else.
Infantinos Only thing is about making More money.
Nothing else.
No
This shit is exactly why Man City makes sure that their bench is always starting XI quality. Too much football…..
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Yeah, screw the players heres another bloody pointless competition that the European teams will treat as pre season friendlies. FIFA really need to curl up and die at this point. Run by a guy that makes Blatter seem trustworthy, its another blatant cash-grab which will leave Elite players with one summer off every four years. With no apetite from the big leagues in Europe and no TV deal in place, its just going to be a glorified pre-season tournament. Just waiting for Infantile to change his name to Lex Luthor……
FIFA are really greedy and corrupt, but UEFA even worse. I would welcome any initiative that puts some money into the pockets of South American (and other non-European clubs) and which also happens to cause damage to UEFA.
Saudi Arabia soon to dominate
Should’ve kept the Confederations Cup. That’s my only issue with this tournament.
As an MLS fan I'm hyped for this. I don't follow UEFA soccer at all so this will give me the chance to see the big Prem and European team in a competition I actually care about.
One thing I heavily dislike is the idea that 8 european and 2 south american spots will be filled up by teams who haven’t earned their spot by winning a tournament but by being consistently okish over 4 years. It’s just a safety net for the big name clubs who regularly reach the quarter finals just by having more money than others and it will increase the money gap. It’s also ludicrous that a random team of the host nation just gets a spot while 3 champions of the Oceanic „champions league“ can’t compete.
It should be 4 champions from all 6 continents (24 teams), then maybe the 4 losing finalists from the uefa and conmebol competitions to make it 32 teams, as those teams at least reached a final to deserve qualifying.
Even if this CWC wasn't on FIFA know European clubs will fill the summer break with more tour games around Asia and North America e.g. the EPL summer series in America, so the notion that clubs and football leagues are worried about player burnout is weak at best.
I think it's a cool idea, but i really do feel bad for the players because they will have to play more high intensity games than usual, and they won't get much of a break.
Club World Cup sounds good on paper, but it will be a damp box of fireworks. The top European Clubs will demolish everyone, except the top Brazilian clubs. It will be worth watching from the Quarter Finals onward, but the preceding 55 matches won't be worth staying up to 2am, 4am to watch.
It should be a straight Round of 32 knockout tournament, with no Group Stage. Not sure how you'd seed the teams, just put the UEFA teams in both "routes" to the Final and not have them play each other in Round of 32. Or just have a random draw and if Real Madrid play Man City in Round of 32, so what? It's will still be a great match, even if it's a rematch of the Champions League Final played the previous week!
I don't know. FIFA, UEFA, FA's of many big countries, just seem uber-greedy these days, oversaturating, flooding, tsunami-ing the schedule. Each cup is being devalued. Which one is the most prestigious in the world? It used to be the English F.A. Cup, then South American Championship, then the World Cup, then the European Cup, then the Premier League, then Champions League, then the World Cup again for a bit, now FIFA are pushing the CLUB World Cup.
Another problem is that managers now have to keep an eye on Asia, Africa, North and South America if they are serious about winning the CLUB World Cup. Personally, I wouldn't be. I'd stick to winning the league I was in and the Champions League and send a B team to Jakarta or wherever every four years and say, "enjoy yourselves, lads."
72 Group Stage matches at the 2026 World Cup is mad. Most people will tune in for Round of 32, Round of 16, so it could get off to a slow start. I do wonder if groups of THREE teams with penalty shootouts (no extra time) if it's a draw after 90 minutes isn't a bad idea, after all. If you can get through on 3 points and +2 goals, or 4 points and -1 goal, then the teams won't try that hard, and some don't anyway in Group Stage, it's cagey until the second half of the last match.
You can only keep up with and watch, so much football, you have to draw a line somewhere. FIFA, UEFA, associations, media companies, should also have that mentality. Otherwise, fans as well as players will burn out, get "football fatigue" as I call it. Or your wife will get fatigued!
Club World Cup appeals tbh. Would be interesting to see what the rest of the world has to offer. European competition has weakened year on year since the millennium.
My only gripe with this is that we pretend like the biggest teams don't already have massive squads.
The solution to potential player burnout is to simply trust more of your players. Instead of giving the most minutes to the same 16-18 players, spread the minutes more evenly to more of your fringe players. Salah, Bruno Fernandes & KDB don't need to be playing every League & FA Cup game. The biggest clubs in the world have some of the best academies with talented players. Use those players, and lighten the load on superstars.
No