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  • [News] FIFA President Confirms CWC Plans

    From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 11:39:24 2022
    Well, who would have guessed it... FIFA propose to go forward with
    their 32 team Club World Cup for 2025. More teams = more games = more
    money.

    https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/9913491/fifa-launch-club-world-cup-thirty-two-teams-clubs/

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11545701/Gianni-Infantino-confirms-FIFA-launch-32-team-mens-Club-World-Cup-2025.html

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  • From Ammammata@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 14:10:02 2022
    Blueshirt has brought this to us :
    More teams = more games = more
    money.

    and again more chances for Italy to qualify ;-)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Ammammata on Fri Dec 16 13:31:38 2022
    Ammammata wrote:

    Blueshirt has brought this to us :
    More teams = more games = more
    money.

    and again more chances for Italy to qualify ;-)

    It's a club tournament so with 32 teams taking part so I assume an
    Italian club would be involved anyway...

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  • From Ammammata@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 16:39:23 2022
    Blueshirt brought next idea :
    Ammammata wrote:

    Blueshirt has brought this to us :
    More teams = more games = more
    money.

    and again more chances for Italy to qualify ;-)

    It's a club tournament so with 32 teams taking part so I assume an
    Italian club would be involved anyway...

    I missed the "club" word :-(

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Ammammata on Fri Dec 16 19:53:24 2022
    Ammammata wrote:

    Blueshirt brought next idea :
    Ammammata wrote:

    Blueshirt has brought this to us :
    More teams = more games = more
    money.

    and again more chances for Italy to qualify ;-)

    It's a club tournament so with 32 teams taking part so I assume an
    Italian club would be involved anyway...

    I missed the "club" word :-(

    I have a feeling that some European leagues will object to the
    proposal... and they will continue with their steadfast principled
    opposition until FIFA promise them the sun, moon and stars ... and very possibly a bag of cash!

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  • From Futbolmetrix@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Dec 16 12:55:51 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 2:53:26 PM UTC-5, Blueshirt wrote:

    I have a feeling that some European leagues will object to the
    proposal... and they will continue with their steadfast principled
    opposition until FIFA promise them the sun, moon and stars ... and very possibly a bag of cash!

    Just don't call it a Superleague!

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Dec 17 00:18:21 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:39:27 AM UTC, Blueshirt wrote:
    Well, who would have guessed it... FIFA propose to go forward with
    their 32 team Club World Cup for 2025. More teams = more games = more
    money.

    https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/9913491/fifa-launch-club-world-cup-thirty-two-teams-clubs/

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11545701/Gianni-Infantino-confirms-FIFA-launch-32-team-mens-Club-World-Cup-2025.html

    32 isn't a multiple of 6 though. Is it going to be 6 from each of South America and Europe and 5 each from the other continents, or what?

    And if this is going to be every 4 years, why are they having one for 2022?

    And why is the 2022 Club World Cup being played in 2023? Further evidence that playing the World Cup in Qatar in December was a bad idea?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mark on Sat Dec 17 12:21:05 2022
    Mark wrote:

    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:39:27 AM UTC, Blueshirt wrote:
    Well, who would have guessed it... FIFA propose to go forward with
    their 32 team Club World Cup for 2025. More teams = more games =
    more money.

    And if this is going to be every 4 years, why are they having one for
    2022?

    I would expect FIFA to continue with their annual CWC tournament 'as
    is' until they launch the expanded version.

    And why is the 2022 Club World Cup being played in 2023? Further
    evidence that playing the World Cup in Qatar in December was a bad
    idea?

    FWIW, the 2021 FIFA World Club Cup was played in 2022.

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Dec 17 04:47:09 2022
    On Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 12:21:08 PM UTC, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mark wrote:

    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:39:27 AM UTC, Blueshirt wrote:
    Well, who would have guessed it... FIFA propose to go forward with
    their 32 team Club World Cup for 2025. More teams = more games =
    more money.

    And if this is going to be every 4 years, why are they having one for
    2022?
    I would expect FIFA to continue with their annual CWC tournament 'as
    is' until they launch the expanded version.
    And why is the 2022 Club World Cup being played in 2023? Further
    evidence that playing the World Cup in Qatar in December was a bad
    idea?
    FWIW, the 2021 FIFA World Club Cup was played in 2022.

    Yeah that was weird too. The 2020 Club World Cup was postponed to 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But since then, there doesn't seem to be much reason to be playing it in the following year.

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  • From MH@21:1/5 to Mark on Sat Dec 17 10:30:02 2022
    On 2022-12-17 01:18, Mark wrote:
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:39:27 AM UTC, Blueshirt wrote:
    Well, who would have guessed it... FIFA propose to go forward with
    their 32 team Club World Cup for 2025. More teams = more games = more
    money.

    https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/9913491/fifa-launch-club-world-cup-thirty-two-teams-clubs/

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11545701/Gianni-Infantino-confirms-FIFA-launch-32-team-mens-Club-World-Cup-2025.html

    32 isn't a multiple of 6 though. Is it going to be 6 from each of South America and Europe and 5 each from the other continents, or what?

    I doubt it would be equal representation from each confederation.
    Weird that they would not try 16 as a first step, though.

    No details on format, but my guess would be that the winners and runners
    up of the CL from the previous four years, or perhaps winners of the
    EUropa league and CL, would get invited. With adjustments made for
    double winners in some mysterious fashion.

    Same thing for LIbertadores and possibly Sudamericana.

    Then a smaller number of qualifiers from the minor confederations - last
    4 winners of their competition.

    Add in one from Oceania, hosts, and some other fudge factor and you get
    to 32. Pressure from big clubs might make it a straight knockout
    competition.

    8 Europe, 8 South American, 4 CAF, 4 AFC, 4 Concacaf, 1 host, 1 Oceania,
    2 extra special invites ?



    And if this is going to be every 4 years, why are they having one for 2022?

    And why is the 2022 Club World Cup being played in 2023? Further evidence that playing the World Cup in Qatar in December was a bad idea?

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  • From Real Mardin@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 17 11:33:08 2022
    On Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 5:30:10 PM UTC, MH wrote:
    On 2022-12-17 01:18, Mark wrote:
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 11:39:27 AM UTC, Blueshirt wrote:
    Well, who would have guessed it... FIFA propose to go forward with
    their 32 team Club World Cup for 2025. More teams = more games = more
    money.

    https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/9913491/fifa-launch-club-world-cup-thirty-two-teams-clubs/

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11545701/Gianni-Infantino-confirms-FIFA-launch-32-team-mens-Club-World-Cup-2025.html

    32 isn't a multiple of 6 though. Is it going to be 6 from each of South America and Europe and 5 each from the other continents, or what?
    I doubt it would be equal representation from each confederation.
    Weird that they would not try 16 as a first step, though.

    No details on format, but my guess would be that the winners and runners
    up of the CL from the previous four years, or perhaps winners of the
    EUropa league and CL, would get invited. With adjustments made for
    double winners in some mysterious fashion.

    Same thing for LIbertadores and possibly Sudamericana.

    Then a smaller number of qualifiers from the minor confederations - last
    4 winners of their competition.

    Add in one from Oceania, hosts,

    Qatar has some nice new grounds to host the tournament in!


    RM

    and some other fudge factor and you get
    to 32. Pressure from big clubs might make it a straight knockout
    competition.

    8 Europe, 8 South American, 4 CAF, 4 AFC, 4 Concacaf, 1 host, 1 Oceania,
    2 extra special invites ?

    And if this is going to be every 4 years, why are they having one for 2022?

    And why is the 2022 Club World Cup being played in 2023? Further evidence that playing the World Cup in Qatar in December was a bad idea?

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