World’s Football governing body, FIFA has confirmed that the Men’s Club World Cup will include 32 teams beginning from 2025. The president of FIFA Gianni Infantino said this while speaking to the media before the final clash between Argentina and France revealed on Friday morning.
When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Fifa’s intentions to expand the event to 24 teams, transfer it to June, and stage it every four years starting in 2021 were put on hold.
“As you will remember, we had agreed a few years ago to have a new men’s Club World Cup with 24 teams. This should have taken place in 2021 butwas postponed because of Covid,” Infantino said.
“The new men’s Club World Cup will therefore take place in 2025 and will feature 32 teams, the best teams in the world. Of course, the details of that still need to be discussed and agreed upon, but the 32-team tournament will go ahead, making it really like a World Cup.” he added.
The competition is set to be the “new big thing”, consisting of top football clubs from all over the world according to the Italian. The FIFA Club World Cup is currently played amongst the reigning champions of the seven continents since its inception in the year 2000 with European champions Chelsea as its holders after a 2-1 extra time win against CONMEBOL Libertadores champions Palmeiras.
