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Post by evertonfan1968 on Apr 17, 2018 14:14:52 GMT
How can you have a world cup shared across 3 countries the size of those 3? Fans will end up having to fly to different matches. That will mean having to book hotels at short notice. Since when does football give a shit about fans. Most world cup tickets are sold to people who never attend league games anyway.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Apr 19, 2018 15:50:36 GMT
All about money and greed.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Jun 10, 2018 17:48:57 GMT
The Fifa president Gianni Infantino encountered opposition to yet another of his proposals in Moscow on Sunday as members of football’s governing body decided to shelve plans for an expanded 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022. Infantino, who was last month stopped by his council from accepting a multi-billion dollar offer for the Club World Cup, had been enthusiastic about the expansion, but the issue will not feature at Fifa’s annual Congress next week. The decision came after the South American body Conmebol withdrew their request for Fifa to conduct a feasibility study into adding a further 16 teams to the current 32-side format, a move widely criticised for its potential problems. Early indications suggested an expansion of that magnitude would have led to Qatar needing to build additional stadiums from scratch and possibly needing its neighbours in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, to step in as co-hosts. inews.co.uk
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Post by dorf on Jun 11, 2018 10:45:28 GMT
All about making more money the greedy gits.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Apr 6, 2019 5:35:45 GMT
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said his controversial plan to expand the FIFA Club World Cup can play a key role in further developing the club game in Asia despite European opposition. Infantino’s desire to expand the tournament from seven teams to 24 when it is relaunched in 2021 has been opposed by the European Club Association (ECA), which has issued a boycott threat.
But the Swiss administrator told the Asian Football Confederation’s annual congress on Saturday that the expansion can help further improve the club game in the 47-member regional body.
“We have been speaking again about how we can improve them and make them better and we have been deciding at the last FIFA Council to give birth to a new FIFA Club World Cup with 24 teams, including three Asian teams,” Infantino said in his address to delegates.
“I witnessed the final of the Asian Champions League in Tehran and there are clubs of great tradition in Asia and it’s important we foster them and it’s important we give them the possibility to shine on the world stage.
“That’s why it’s important to continue to develop our competitions, for example, with the new Club World Cup.” The reconfigured Club World Cup, which would be played once every four years, would feature eight clubs from Europe, six from South America as well as three each from Asia, Africa and Concacaf - which covers North and Central America nations plus those in the Caribbean - and one from Oceania.
Asian clubs have featured in the tournament since it was created in 2000, with two clubs from the continent - Kashima Antlers from Japan in 2016 and Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates last year - reaching the final. Both lost to Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Infantino also reiterated his desire to further investigate expanding the 2022 World Cup finals to 48 teams and asking current hosts Qatar to share the tournament with neighbouring nations.
“We are very happy with the preparations in Qatar and, of course, we have an additional topic on the table that we will bring, maybe, to the FIFA congress as well on June 5 in Paris,” he said.
“And the question on the table is the question on the subject of whether we think we can already increase the number of teams participating at the World Cup from 32 to 48.
“The results of the summit has been very clear, 90 per cent of the associations would like to move to 48 teams because, of course, it boosts football development all over the world if we have 16 more countries participating in a World Cup and we are looking and analysing that with our partners in Qatar.
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