Chinanews client, September 10, Japan Football Association announced a few days ago that FIFA and Japan Football Association have discussed the current situation of the new crown epidemic, and the two sides have decided that the FIFA Club World Cup originally scheduled to be held in December 2021 will not be held in December 2021. Held in Japan.
The announcement also stated that FIFA will announce the venue of this World Club Cup later.
This is the second time the venue has been changed for the 2021 Club World Cup.
At the end of 2019, FIFA announced that China won the right to host the 2021 Club World Cup, but in December last year, the venue for the Club World Cup was changed to Japan.
The current Club World Cup tournament is held at the end of each year, with a total of 7 teams participating in the championships of clubs from all continents and the representatives of the host.
In 2019, FIFA announced that it would create a new version of the Club World Cup, and China won the right to host the 2021 Club World Cup.
After the restructuring, there will be 24 teams participating in the Club World Cup, including 8 places in Europe, 6 in South America, 3 in Central and North America and the Caribbean, 3 in Asia and Africa, and 1 in Oceania.
After the expansion of the army, the World Club Cup will also be held every four years.
The first new edition of the Club World Cup after the reform was originally scheduled to be held in China in 2021.
However, affected by the epidemic, FIFA has announced in April 2020 that the first new version of the Club World Cup will be postponed.
The 2021 Club World Cup was originally scheduled to be held in Japan in the second half of 2021, and it is still the old version of the Club World Cup in which 7 teams will participate.
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