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Gianni Infantino: FIFA to Launch New 32-Team Men's Club World Cup and Will 'Rediscuss' 2026 World Cup Group Stage Format

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Gianni Infantino reveals new Club World Cup concept with 32 teams from 2025; FIFA president also admits 2026 World Cup group stage format to be rediscussed over 16 groups of three or 12 groups of four; FIFA also announces plans to launch new friendly World Series tournament
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"We're making history. It's a new era for football. It's fantastic," said FIFA President Gianni Infantino before the start of the new club World Cup. The new era brings out some profiteers - and even more suffering.

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FIFA's reorganized Club World Cup is about to debut, with 32 teams instead of the previous 7. The tournament is the brainchild of FIFA President, Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino. European teams will not miss this extra month of football, but the rest of the world will have a serious opportunity. A quick look at the intellectual background of the tournament, the state of mind of today's football fans, Messi, Ronaldo, and Brazilian Béla Koplárovics…

·Hungary
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14-06-2025 ✅ General news. FIFA President takes responsibility: The updated Club World Cup will begin soon. However, on the eve of the tournament, the organizers have already faced a big problem. Read alsoWithout... ᐉ football news ⚽ on UA-Football

The 32-team Club World Cup begins at dawn on Sunday, Hungarian time, which is FIFA's latest invention, but the organization has not gone smoothly.

·Budapest, Hungary
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beIN SPORTS USA broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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