Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the Club World Cup in December.
The Fifa Council, made up of representatives from all of the continental confederations, unanimously chosen the Middle East state as hosts for the seven-team occasion, which is scheduled to run from December 12 to 22.
The nation has additionally been reported to be bidding to co-host the 2030 males’s World Cup with Egypt and Greece, alongside rival confirmed bids from Spain, Portugal and Ukraine and one from 4 South American nations.
The Council confirmed the Fifa Congress would decide on who would host these finals within the third quarter of subsequent yr.
A choice on the hosts for the 2027 Women’s World Cup can be taken by Fifa Congress within the second quarter of subsequent yr, the Council agreed.
The Fifa Council additionally confirmed the new-look, 32-team Club World Cup beginning in the summertime of 2025 would characteristic 12 European groups.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino first revealed plans for the brand new competitors on the eve of final yr’s World Cup closing in Qatar.
The Council additionally confirmed that every one three 2026 males’s World Cup co-hosts – Canada, Mexico and the United States – would qualify robotically for the competitors.