Fifa Club World Cup: China to host first edition of expanded tournament in 2021
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China will host the first edition of the expanded Fifa Club World Cup in 2021, with Fifa president Gianni Infantino describing it as "the first real and true [Club] World Cup".
The competition, which currently features seven teams, will be expanded to 24 teams from June 2021.
Top European clubs have previously said they will boycott the tournament.
"The new [tournament] will be a competition anyone who loves football is looking forward to," Infantino said.
Qatar will stage the final two editions of the seven-team tournament. The 2019 competition begins on 11 December, with Liverpool entering at the semi-final stage a week later.
In March, the European Club Association (ECA) expressed concern about expanding the tournament.
ECA board members, including Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, signed a letter saying they were "firmly against any potential approval of a revised CWC", adding that no ECA clubs would take part.
Fifa has previously been criticised for staging events in countries with poor human rights records.
There have been mass protests in Hong Kong this year over proposals to allow extradition to mainland China.
Human rights group Amnesty International said China had an "atrocious human rights record" and Fifa must "use its considerable influence to push for human rights improvements".
Speaking at a Fifa council meeting in Shanghai, Infantino said the decision to hold the tournament in China was "historic" and would further develop the club game in Asia.
"It is the first real and true World Cup where the best clubs will compete," the Swiss-Italian said.
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With 8 Euro clubs you could wind up with the total farce of a club knocked out in the Champions League Quarter-Finals, having qualified without even winning their domestic league, being crowned "best club in the world" by winning this!
Oh. It's in China. Can we sell some shirts?
OK then.
Everything thats right with football will be in the FA cup 1st round
It’s obvious that the motivating factor in creating / expanding tournaments is to make money. The beautiful game is getting greedier and greedier.
The current world club championship is a complete farce of a competition, basically a Christmas time jolly for the Champions League winners.
But in an already very overloaded schedule there isn't room for another major club championship.
More does not equal better...............................
Except the best teams won't be there....
Are we now getting to saturation point?
I know I reached that some tears ago with a champs leg and 32 team World Cup.
You can keep the club World Cup. People by and large don’t care.