FIFA International Match Calendar: Proposed Changes & General Discussion

CAF should consider moving to a quadrennial schedule, but they should do so for their own purposes (e.g. freeing up more matchdays for WCQ instead of ACQ), not because "everybody else does it" and "Liverpool doesn't like it".

 

When they first introduced this tournament I thought it would replace one of the AFCON tournaments and each would be held every four years. I got that wrong, but I still think it would be a good idea.

 

Of course, above all and most important, it does not generate that much money...

Fu*king monster!

 

Didn't realize they still haven't decided on the women's WC host for 2023.

 

They are deciding it today

 

I know. Its just interesting because it seems like they announced Qatar as the host of the 2022 WC a lifetime ago, meanwhile the host for the women's tournament that is being held a few months later is just being announced now.

Its almost like FIFA were trying to get away with something they knew was wrong. But that can't be...

 

Yeah but also with the 2023 WWC there isn't as much controversy

 

I can't wait

 

Yeah, that's the point I was making. Basically, if you can't prepare for a WC in 3 years you probably shouldn't be hosting.

Qatar was the extreme case. I believe they announced them as hosts some 12 years before the tournament. When the tournament is so far away it limits the amount of backlash that FIFA would get. Plus you can make all sorts of BS promises. And then when you can't keep those promises, you can hope that people simply forgot they were ever made.

 

Qatar simply put never should have hosted in the first place but if all stuff came out about corruption as far as the votes, then right away they should have been stripped

 

I definitely like this

 

Given this news, I'm predicting the Euros will start in July. Don't see how the UEFA leagues can be completed before the June FIFA break. So players will have to return to their clubs to play the final 4-5 league & cup matches before the transfer window opens and contracts end on 1 July. And then kick-off the Euros around 10 July(?).

 

Yeah I think EUROS will start in July also and finish in August

 

If that is the case, then that's cool

 

So if the FIFA international dates are cancelled in CAF, AFC, Concacaf, in September. Meaning no official competitions, could any of these teams play friendlies in Europe ? I dont see why not, especially if all their players are based in europe.