Football’s governing body has announced numerous changes for both men’s and women’s youth competitions. The quotas will be expanded and will be contested each year in two fixed locations, at least for the next five years.
FIFA announces major changes for the Under-17 World Cup. The Council of the entity which governs football in the world, meeting on Thursday, determined that the youth competition would be played every year.
The organization, led by Gianni Infantino stressed that the tournaments, both men’s and women’s, will move from a biennial frequency to an annual frequency. . The innovation will bring multiple changes, such as the expansion of quotas (they will increase to 48 and 24 teams respectively).
“As part of FIFA’s commitment to the youth categories, and after the recent decision to expand the Under-17 World Cup to 48 teams and organize this competition annually instead of every two years, it has been confirmed that from 2025, The next five editions of this competition will be held in Qatar “, they indicated through a press release.
While the men’s event will take place over the next five years in Qatar, the women’s event will do the same in Morocco. : “In the same way, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, expanded to 24 teams will be held every year from 2025 and will take place in Morocco until 2029. This is preceded by a process of declarations of interest carried out around the world to host the competitions, with particular emphasis on the promotion of existing football infrastructure and ensuring that competitions are more efficient and sustainable,” they noted.
Green figures and an excellent investment
The FIFA Council also unanimously approved the 2023 annual report, which details a record investment in football development. In detail, An amount of $2.250 million has been set aside to fund the development of the sport during the 2023-2026 cycle. That is to say, the investment was multiplied by seven compared to the development programs developed before 2016.
“Thanks to its solid financial situation, FIFA is on track to exceed its budget target of $11 billion for the 2023-2026 cycle. “In this way, we will offer the 211 member associations more tailored services and support them in carrying out their development and training projects, all with the aim of taking football to new shores,” Infantino said.
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