One of the main reasons they got rid of Confederations Cup was to make the FIFA Club World Cup as a once every 4 year tournament, the summer before the World Cup. The first one in the new format is supposed to take place in China next summer. Of course, a lot of this can change due to the virus but this is how its supposed to work:
24 teams
6 groups of 4
Each confederation decided how to allocate their bids
The 2021 tournament qualifiers will be different than the ones going forward because of the newness and the fact there wasn't a full 4 year cycle. But with the 2025 tournament widely believed to be held in the US, this is how I see the bids being allocated:
Europe: 8 (2022-25 Champions League and Europa League winners with runners-up probably qualifying in the event of repeat champions)
South America: 6 (2022-25) Copa Libertadores champions with maybe a mini tournament of runners-up to decide the last 2 places
CONCACAF: 3 (2024 and 2025 CCL Champs plus maybe a playoff between the 2021 and 2022 champs?)
Africa: 3 (similar to CONCACACF)
Asia: 2.5 (2024 and 2025 Champs. 2022 and 2023 Champs play each other for the right to play the Oceania rep for a bid)
Oceania: 0.5 (2022-25 Champs have a tournament where the winner plays the 2022/23 Asia winner)
Host: 1 (2021-24 MLS Champs play a mini-tournament in Spring 2025 to decide the bid)
This is FIFA so I am sure it won't be decided like this but this seems to be the most fair way to do it. Do you like this new Club World Cup idea better than the Confed Cup? I don't, really but I'll watch it.
24 teams
6 groups of 4
Each confederation decided how to allocate their bids
The 2021 tournament qualifiers will be different than the ones going forward because of the newness and the fact there wasn't a full 4 year cycle. But with the 2025 tournament widely believed to be held in the US, this is how I see the bids being allocated:
Europe: 8 (2022-25 Champions League and Europa League winners with runners-up probably qualifying in the event of repeat champions)
South America: 6 (2022-25) Copa Libertadores champions with maybe a mini tournament of runners-up to decide the last 2 places
CONCACAF: 3 (2024 and 2025 CCL Champs plus maybe a playoff between the 2021 and 2022 champs?)
Africa: 3 (similar to CONCACACF)
Asia: 2.5 (2024 and 2025 Champs. 2022 and 2023 Champs play each other for the right to play the Oceania rep for a bid)
Oceania: 0.5 (2022-25 Champs have a tournament where the winner plays the 2022/23 Asia winner)
Host: 1 (2021-24 MLS Champs play a mini-tournament in Spring 2025 to decide the bid)
This is FIFA so I am sure it won't be decided like this but this seems to be the most fair way to do it. Do you like this new Club World Cup idea better than the Confed Cup? I don't, really but I'll watch it.
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