Europe and South America plan a “new World Cup”
Brazil, Argentina and their partners must play in the UEFA Nations League from 2024. Football associations from Europe and South America want to torpedo FIFA’s two-year World Cup plan.
Games such as between Germany and Brazil – here in Berlin in 2018 – could also take place in a new formal setting in the future.
Photography: Srdjan Soki (Keystone)
Maybe Gianni Infantino gambled away. On Monday, the FIFA chief tapped again – in front of the roughly assembled 211 national associations – for his idea of a future two-year soccer World Cup. As if this is still the topic that drives the greatest sport in the world.
Infantino did not mention the fact that a type of second World Cup is already planned in addition to the FIFA tournament: the expanded Nations League. From 2024 onwards, only the national teams of these two confederations that have previously split all the World Cup titles will compete: UEFA and Conmebol. In March, both unions will open a joint office in London. A specialist group is already discussing the details of the new game format.
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