FIFA plans to postpone the Club World Cup till early subsequent 12 months attributable to a number of challenges associated to the pandemic, folks acquainted with the plan mentioned.
Japan withdrew from organizing a seven-team event this December attributable to coronavirus restrictions, and South Africa dropped a bid because of the nation’s want for extra vaccinations.
People informed The Associated Press that FIFA is now staging the occasion in January or February. He spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of he was not licensed to debate the continuing talks.
Qatar is an choice – akin to in February when Bayern Munich gained the delayed 2020 version in Doha – to assist the Gulf nations check websites for the boys’s nationwide groups’ World Cup beginning in November 2022.
FIFA is already slated to stage the Arab Cup occasion in December in Qatar as a part of preparations for the World Cup. The Club World Cup might entice a extra international fanbase, with Chelsea qualifying as Champions League winners. This would disrupt the Premier League weekend for the West London membership, as would have been the case if the event had been contested as deliberate in December.
An expanded 24-team Club World Cup was attributable to begin in China this 12 months however was postponed because the pandemic necessitated the rescheduling of nationwide workforce competitions in June and FIFA was unable to lift the funds wanted for the deliberate quadrennial occasion. The seven-team format was due to this fact prolonged for an additional 12 months, with six continental membership champions becoming a member of the home league winner from the host nation.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
