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

One Chinese team, plus the winners of the 2019 and 2020 AFC CL. That would make the most sense to me (despite the double-dippong with the 2019 winners).

 

Or at least reduce them to 5.5 and give the host confed an extra half spot (extra including the host team, that is).

Replacing a team that should be there on merit with a host team is unfair. They should at least be able to playoff for a spot.

Edit: To clarify, I’m responding to the suggestion someone else made that the host team spot should come out of the host confed’s normal allocation. I think this is unfair. It’s one thing if you’re talking about a 48-team WC, but when you’re talking a 24-team tourney where some confeds have only 3 spots, converting that to 2 + the hosts seems pretty unfair to the team that would have been in that third spot.

At least from 2025 onwards, anyway.

 

http://www.therepublic.com/2019/10/23/soc-fifa-club-world-cup/

FIFA inviting some non-champions to enlarged Club World Cup

 

So, country limits and OFC will playoff against the host confed (AFC here)’s third to make it. Thoughts anyone?

 

Chinese source reported the Winner of CWC will awarded 120 million USD and each club will be paid at least 20 million USD for participating

 

I don't really see the need to have a club from the host nation involved unless they are good enough to qualify as a team from their confederation. I think OFC should have a spot. If there is a need to have a playoff to get the host involved then they can playoff against a team from their own confederation. If China hosts and a Chinese club doesn't qualify, then have a playoff between the Chinese Champions and the 3rd Asian qualifier.

 

So the rich get richer. Yawn

 

CONMEBOL has been pretty dominant over the AFC and CAF teams that reached the CWC on merit. Its only the host teams that have taken a few scalps of late over the Libertadores champs. But AFC/CAF shouldn't get more spots on the basis of their host team reaching the final a couple of times IMO.

 

lol, yes.

I was looking at it from the other angle: If, say, the CAF champions are dreadful, that's the end of the analysis or discussion about how many spots should CAF get. Doesn't matter if some random "host" team does well (even if they are also from CAF).

 

So clubs can play for more than one championship?
For example, the winner of Urawa and Al-Hilal will play for this coming CWC and the next?
I do not think that is fair as it gives more value to the winner of this edition. The teams that qualify for 2021 CWC should be the top three of next year's edition or the two finalists of next year plus this year's losing finalist.
Allocation would be easier from 2025 on wards.