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Qatar 2022: FIFA Plan a 32-team Club World Cup

FIFA Presidentt, Gianni Infantino has announced plans on Friday for a 32-team Club World Cup from 2025, despite reported opposition from Europe’s biggest clubs.

An expansion of the competition has long been in the imagination of Infantino’s. A 24-team event, featuring eight sides from Europe, was planned for 2021 in China but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, Infantino said the new-look tournament would be even bigger than first planned.

“We had agreed a few years ago to have a new 24-team men’s Club World Cup,” the Fifa president said at the World Cup in Doha on Friday.

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“It should have taken place in 2021 but was postponed because of Covid. The new competition will take place in 2025 and will feature 32 teams, making it really like a World Cup.”

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