The reasons for "FIFA" to organize the World Cup every two years, despite the "widespread" opposition!

FIFA will hold a virtual summit on Monday to discuss the proposal to hold the World Cup every two years, instead of the current system of every four years.

This proposal was met with widespread opposition from leagues, players and fans, but it received significant support from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which includes 54 confederations out of 211 members of FIFA.

The International Federation believes that holding the World Cup every two years will bring more profits that can be distributed to the federations in Africa, Asia and South America that depend on financial support from FIFA more than the rich European tournaments.

The Swiss president, Gianni Infantino, wants to make “football truly global” and make the tournament available to the participation of small countries, which will actually start from the 2026 World Cup with raising the number of participating teams from 32 to 48. He

said this week in Doha on the sidelines of the Arab Cup. In the Qatari capital, "When we look closely, we see that high-quality football is largely confined to a small group of countries... It is our duty to reduce this gap."

No non-European or non-South American team has reached the final of the World Cup.

The next edition in Qatar in 2022 will be the first to be held in the Middle East and in an Arab country, while countries affiliated with the European Union (Wifa) and South America (CONMEBOL) have hosted 16 out of 22 editions since 1930.

Infantino does not only want larger copies of The international tournament, but also host countries in more partnership, and he says in this regard, "Currently, 24 years pass without the continent hosting the World Cup finals, this is a period that exceeds an entire generation."

Who showed their support?

Last month, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) gave its support to FIFA's proposal, while CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) and Asia were open to the idea.

Only five teams from Africa qualify for the finals in Qatar, prompting Ivory Coast coach Patrice Baumel to accuse FIFA recently of "killing African football" after the "elephants" were knocked out of the qualifiers.

CONCACAF said last September it would consider proposals to reform the international men's, women's and youth calendar if the goal was to create a more balanced structure for world football.

FIFA has also recruited a group of former players and coaches, who are considered "legends" in the popular game, and are paid as ambassadors to promote this project, among them the former Manchester United goalkeeper and the 1992 European champion Denmark, Peter Schmeichel, who considered from Doha, "We all agree."

While the Brazilian Ronaldo, who won the World Cup in 1994 and 2002, confirmed that if the two best players in the world, Argentine Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, were asked about their opinion of this proposal, "I am sure they would agree."

How will it affect other tournaments?

French Arsene Wenger, who holds the position of director of global football development at "FIFA", suggested that a major international tournament be held every year, alternating between the World Cup and continental tournaments such as the European Cup and Copa America.

He also confirmed that the spaces will be created by organizing all the qualifiers in October or in the mentioned month and March, instead of holding them over a full year.

The prospect of more men's international competitions risks diverting attention from the women's competition, but US coach Jill Ellis, a two-time Women's World Cup winner, says the potential to spur growth cannot be ignored.

"The World Championships are eye-catching occasions to raise the bar for our game, not only in terms of the economic drive of the sponsors that come to the table, but I think participation may also increase after these events," said the woman who led the United States to the 2015 and 2019 titles.

"There are many reasons to consider it," she said.

What about players' health concerns?

Wenger refutes the argument that players will face increased pressure, arguing that they will take longer trips than usual and will have at least 25 days of rest after playing during the summer for their countries.

No timetable has been set for implementing FIFA's proposal, but there is broad consensus that the international match schedule, which continues like this until 2024, needs reform.

Manchester City and Belgium star Kevin De Bruyne has said that the World Cup every two years is "not a bad idea", as long as players are given more time to rest at the end of the season.

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