Expanded FIFA Club World Cup: Tournament News & General Discussion [R]

Leagues cup is a joke.

 

FIFA pushing ahead with the expanded Club WC!

https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/...comes-business-leaders-to-fifa-house-in-paris

 

I realize he has to say whatever to promote the event as few footbal fans are aware its even happneing, but can we ease up on the BS please?

"a new FIFA Club World Cup where the 32 best clubs in the world will play in the US from 15 June to 13 July next year to crown the real world champion of club football,”''

Where to begin with that quote? "real World Champion". So the other Club WC crowns a fake one?
"The best 32 in the world" . Come on, Gianni. It could very likely feature a team in the second division of Brazil. That's why every other club competition in existence is based on a 12-month calendar, not 48 months. And Auckland FC in the top 32?

 

Club World Cup is a joke competition.

 

Premier League chief warns of football ‘saturation’ with Club World Cup expansion (msn.com)

What is confusing is that ECA and its hundreds of member clubs have been closely involved in expanding the Club WC, yet those same clubs which form national leagues haven't seemed to involve their parent leagues in the consultations.

 

New Champions League format: Getting to grips with the maths | UEFA Champions League | UEFA.com

Some background about how the new UCL format was devised. I wonder whether other confederations will be watching closely with a view to using it for their club competitions.

 

It will be interesting to watch how it all plays out. My main initial thought is that advancing a team that gets only 8 points (in 8 matches) is too low of a bar. Last season six teams collected either 8 or 9 points from six matches, and only 3 of those advanced.

That said, jI think there will be teams with 8 points that won't finish in the top 24.

 

October.

 

I think it's only the WC and WWC that have to be decided by the congress.

I was under the impression the decision about Israel would be taken at an extraordinary Council meeting, that is what was said at the congress and the latest information is that it will be decided by the end of the month.

 

Let's first see if the 2025 CWC happens and how it goes. I fully expect/assume all expanded CWCs will be played in the US or Middle East. And there's no rush to announce the host.

 

Yes, Australia have already said they are interested and it would be a reward for their excellent hosting of last year's WWC with NZ.

I think there would be considerable interest among the Australian public in the competition. In fact, I wonder whether they might pair up with NZ again for a joint bid.

Indonesia would also be another potentially excellent host nation.

 

We would need to co host with New Zealand (or potentially Indonesia). It would also need similar stadium requirements to the WWC as we don't have enough over 40,000 seater stadiums but have several in the 25K-40K range that could be used. The other problem is the same as we had in the women's world cup. The other football codes are in full swing so some stadium sharing needs to happen to keep the playing surfaces pristine for football. The Rugby codes usually like longer grass and they tend to chop up the surface more, particularly in wet weather. They were pretty reasonable for the WWC and scheduled around the requirements to make a number of stadia available for the whole world cup. There are 3 suitable stadia in Sydney but only two were used for the WWC to allow the NRL competition to continue uninterrupted.

The AFL use cricket grounds and they tend to try and disrupt other sports as much as they can so I would forget using their grounds.

I think the AFC had a big role in that and we were told if we bid for 2034 forget about any support from the AFC for any other tournaments. We've since been given the Womens Asian Cup in 2026.

 

Different policy then. Everyone could bid but the exco members (everyone had one except us) all agreed they would continue to vote for an AFC candidate while they were still in the vote. Definitely a different policy for 2034 because if it requires a vote then everyone has one.

 

River is probably the only hope for stopping a possible Brazilian Champion.