Soccer-Canada Presses Ahead with Under-20 Women’s World Cup Amid FIFA Turmoil
UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC are weighing rival tournaments and a boycott as pressure grows over Gianni Infantino’s World Cup commercial plans.
- Football governing bodies UEFA, CONCACAF, and AFC have begun preliminary discussions about launching rival international tournaments to challenge FIFA, according to people familiar with the matter.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces open revolt after abandoning plans to sell 20 per cent of World Cup commercial rights to private investors to raise US$4.2 billion.
- In an open letter on Aug 10, UEFA, CONCACAF, and AFC demanded an independent review, stating "when trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned."
- Africa's CAF released a statement on Aug 6 backing Infantino, while FIFA rallied support among six confederations and criticized the emergency meeting in Morocco last week.
- The 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil could face a boycott, while Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness called on Infantino to step down immediately.
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Canada presses ahead with Under-20 Women’s World Cup amid FIFA turmoil
The massive football governance dispute was triggered after FIFA president Gianni Infantino proposed and then abandoned a plan to carve off the commercial rights to the World Cup and sell 20% of them to private investors to raise about USD 4.2 billion.
Soccer-Canada presses ahead with Under-20 Women’s World Cup amid FIFA turmoil
By Lori Ewing Aug 12 (Reuters) – Canada have confirmed they will compete at next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, becoming the latest federation to back participation despite an escalating governance dispute that has engulfed world football. “We are forging ahead with plans to compete at the upcoming U-20 Women’s World Cup,” Canada Soccer said in a statement to Reuters on Wednesday. “Nothing has changed from our end.” The confirma…
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The 24-team tournament will be the first FIFA event to take place since UEFA's 55 member associations unanimously backed a boycott of FIFA competitions following Infantino's proposal to sell 20% of the commercial rights to the World Cup to private investors for about $4.2 billion. Infantino later abandoned the plan.
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