The last of subsequent yr’s expanded Club World Cup will probably be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FIFA president Gianni Infantino introduced on Saturday. The stadium, which is house to the NFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets, had already been chosen because the venue for the 2026 World Cup. The first version of the expanded 32-club event will kick-off on June 15 and conclude at MetLife on July 13. A complete of 12 venues will probably be used for the event with solely two of them on the West Coast — the Rose Bowl in Pasadena close to Los Angeles and Lumen Field in Seattle.
The event is going down concurrently the regional CONCACAF Gold Cup which will probably be held primarily on the West Coast.
The different venues which is able to host video games are — Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta), Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte), TQL Stadium (Cincinnati), Hard Rock Stadium (Miami), GEODIS Park (Nashville), Camping World Stadium (Orlando), Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando), Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia) and Audi Field (Washington, D.C.).
The draw for the event will probably be held in December — 30 of the 32 locations have already been secured by way of the qualification process.
The Club World Cup will characteristic title profitable groups from every of FIFA’s continental confederations.
Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are among the many 12 European groups who’ve certified for the event whereas Argentina’s River Plate and Boca Juniors and Brazil’s Flamengo are amongst six South American groups.
“This new FIFA competitors is the one true instance in worldwide membership soccer of actual solidarity and inclusivity, permitting the perfect golf equipment from Africa, Asia, Central and North America and Oceania to play the powerhouses of Europe and South America in an unimaginable new World Cup which is able to influence enormously the expansion of membership soccer and expertise globally,” stated Infantino.
The FIFA president introduced the venues on stage on the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, New York.
FIFA additionally introduced a four-year partnership with Global Citizen to help their anti-poverty initiatives. As a part of the settlement Global Citizen will produce the half-time present on the 2026 World Cup last.
Key take a look at
The event will probably be seen as a key take a look at forward of the 2026 World Cup itself and there will probably be a concentrate on safety points after crowd issues at July’s Copa America video games on the stadiums in Charlotte and Miami.
FIFA has but to announce any broadcast offers or sponsorship contracts for the event and the competitors has confronted some opposition inside the sport.
FIFpro and the European Leagues physique filed a joint criticism to the European Commission in opposition to FIFA over the introduction of the event into the worldwide match calendar.
Opponents of the brand new event have stated it provides additional congestion to an already crowded schedule and will increase the workload of gamers.
The final model of the Club World Cup featured seven groups in a knockout format and was received by Manchester City who beat Brazil’s Fluminense within the last in Saudi Arabia.
FIFA plan to carry the expanded event each 4 years though no host as but to be chosen for the 2029 version.
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