News: Club World Cup to Expand; Confederations Cup to End

They may come b back to that at a later meeting.

 

Ironically it does reduce int'l competition though, because we lose a proper, annual club WC and get a revamped Int'l Champions Cup summer tournament that is only once every 4 years.

 

It a horrible proposal. Clubs have annual seasons. International soccer is about every 4 or 2 years competitions. The old format was for the CWC was fine, they should have just committed to moving it around to a greater variety of hosts.

 

They don't see it as being fine. There is little to no interest in the tournament outside of some fanatics in this forum.

Also it comes down to what it usually comes down to. They can profit off the expansion with the investors idea and make it so that the successful Euro Club teams just have to travel once every four years to a neutral site. A neutral site that they probably would have considered traveling to for the ICC for pre-season anyway during the off season.

 

Also, a once every four years tournament has 3 years to be promoted by Television Networks and Sponsors. Fans can have years in advance to make reservations and accommodations for travel. It can be hyped up as a grand spectacle instead of the annual is it going to be in Japan or Morocco sort of boringness we have today.

 

I don't know many South Americans who care about the Club Worlld Cup unless their team is in it or a player from their country is on a roster of a team that is in it.

I assume the same for many Mexicans.


But the main point is it is not fine and there is potential for growth when it comes to interest and money.

 

You are going to have to prove to me that the Club World Cup is a major thing for South American and Mexican Neutrals waking up in the middle of the night to watch other teams against some unfamiliar Asian or African team. I do not buy it.

 

IT is a once every four years thing. I am sure they like that idea.

 

Improvements could be made but the format is fine because it is realistic enough that the UEFA representative plays more or less it's best players and the one-off game nature to it gives other teams a shot. I'd like to see the locations moved around, and the tournament promoted better.

I'd have thought guys here who are more into international soccer would object on the grounds that this will interfere with summer international country competitions like the Copa's or the Gold Cups that seem to happen pretty much every non-World Cup summer.

Also I am concerned about the overuse of players, this is yet another break that players will not have off.

 

I love international Cups but interfering with a second Gold Cup and maybe African Cup is not that much of a big deal.

It is not an overuse if those players were going to be in the ICC that summer anyway. Of course in the ICC it is more of a friendly with a vacation type of attitude but I think the way the seeds will be spread out Many Clubs can get away with playing subs and still advance to the knockout stages.

 

One every four years is better than every year though.

What people say or do on social media [probably watching highlights on twitter and making fun of rivals does not prove to me that they are enthusiastically watching the tournament as an event.
Just that people love to throw insults when other teams lose.

 

So hate -watching rivals most probably in highlight form should be added to the list.
Hooray current format.

 

But it was once every year for only one UEFA team. Now it has 8 UEFA teams.

 

Either way, it doesn't matter. That is not a parameter that is going to change just because you expand the tournament. A Flamengo fan who has no interest in watching Gremio in the 7-team CWC isn't suddenly going to start caring if Gremio is part of a 24-team tournament. And vice versa.

One thing that is different is that the ROW will be less represented, proportionally. So I'm having a difficult time imagining how their interest level in the CWC is supposed to increase(?). Especially since a lot of momentum will be lost by the time the CWC actually happens. Its not like this year where River beat Boca with everyone in Argentina watching, and then went straight to the CWC. You might have 2, 3 or even 4 years pass and the team that takes the field in the CWC will be totally different.

As for fans in UEFA, in theory, with 50% of the field their interest should increase. But in reality, that is a big unknown. The disproportionate allocation just reeks of desperation.

 

There can be more people watching a tournament that is hyped up in the summer when nothing else is going on.
Especially compared to the winter when so many other options are there for a futbol fan.

 

They can negotiate something with big money being tossed around. We shall se how the vote goes down in Miami.

 

I guess you're referring to fans in Europe? I mean, maybe winter to summer switch will be a factor, but that factor doesn’t seem like a game changer to me. Especially since the current timing if the CWC isn’t at a particularly busy time in the int’l football calendar either.

 

All around the world there is less Football to watch in the summer generally during the time period.

 

This competition has a chance for success, but it has serious flaws as well. Anything is possible and only one thing is certain .... $$$ for FIFA!

 

Sounds like the earlier report, postponing the decision until June, is still the objective in Miami.
http://www.insideworldfootball.com/...ked-loaded-battle-infantinos-calendar-revamp/

Read that Dortmund are looking forward to a 24 team CWC with 12 UEFA teams though.

Also, about the start date: