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In Australia the equivalent of your MLS Cup who we call our Champions doesn't get to play in Asian Club competition right now because the AFC recognise the Premiers Plate winner (the leader at the end of the regular season) as the first qualifier and the Australia Cup winners (an FA cup style competition open to all teams) as the second team ...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised global broadcasters in a video call on Friday that venues in the United States for the FIFA Club World Cup next June and July will be announced by the end of September, increasing the pressure on his organisation to finalise negotiations with stadiums and cities across the country within 10 days.
This is how the seeding pots for the 2026 World Cup would look like if teams who we project to qualify are ranked based on current (Oct 2024) FIFA pts. Top 2 teams in each group + 8 best third-placed teams qualify to the knockout phase (Round of 32).
Since then, the league, USSF, Con-ca-Laffs and FIFA have different management, too. Click to expand... Different ownership in 2011 but by 2013 DCU was a Thohir-Levien owned club with Leien being the managing owner.
“This global, inclusive tournament - representative of hope and opportunity - will herald a new era in club football, kicking off on 15 June 2025 and crowning the only official FIFA Club World champion on 13 July 2025. We are going to #TakeItToTheWorld.
The winner of the 2024 Champions Cup will not only qualify for the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup to be held in the United States, but the champion will also advance to the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup in which the 2024 Champions Cup winner will play against the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores winner.
Article 68 paragraph 4 of the FIFA statutes only disqualifies national associations which belong to the confederation which hosted the previous WC from hosting the next one, so only AFC members would be unable to host the 2038 WC. FIFA is currently revising its statutes, but I don't expect this particular rule to be changed.
The FIFA rankings also used a totally different formula in 2014. One which punished a bad year or two much more. Under the current formula, you have to be poor for a long time to really drop in the rankings.
The next match surely was an upset though with Kazakhstan putting out current world and 2 time European champions Portugal out with a last second goal... With both the Iberian sides out and Russia banned, Brazil must be heavy favorites now, but Argentina are still in this and let's see how some of these less fancied teams can do going forward...
With only 16 final host cities to be selected and 23 in consideration, no way in hell would FIFA or the United Bid Committee consider cities that opted out from the start. At best, Vancouver could present its candidacy to host some of the WCQ playoffs.