What could be better than money to convince the recalcitrant?
Nothing apparently according to FIFA, which defends more than ever its project of a biennial World Cup.
The International Football Federation on Monday promised each of its 211 federations an additional 19 million dollars (16.8 million euros) spread over four years if it manages to double the frequency of the World Cup.
While FIFA is holding a “summit” behind closed doors to relaunch its controversial reform of the international calendar beyond 2024, it has drawn up figures on the subject for the first time.
It relies for this on a study by the Nielsen firm that it commissioned but whose methodology has not been disclosed.
If the World Cup is held every two years, instead of every four years since 1930 for men and 1991 for women, the additional income of the tournament would be estimated at 4.4 billion dollars (3.9 billion euros ) over four years.
Ticketing, TV rights and sponsorship would bring revenue from $ 7 billion - a projection linked to the passage of the Men's World Cup from 32 to 48 teams from 2026 - to 11.4 billion, according to this study.
UEFA wind head against the reform
By creating a new "solidarity fund" endowed with 3.5 billion dollars (3.1 billion euros) over the first four years of the reform, Fifa therefore estimates that it can allocate to each federation "about 16 million dollars. "(14.1 million euros) over this period, she assured Monday. There would be a swelling of the current investment program, called "Fifa Forward", from 6 to 9 million dollars per federation over the same four-year cycle, according to the organization.
Until now, a study commissioned by UEFA had ensured that a biennial World Cup would reduce the income of European federations, by around 2.5 to 3 billion euros over four years.
The World League Forum, which represents around 40 professional championships, for its part estimated that domestic competitions could lose up to $ 8.5 billion (7.5 billion euros) in revenue per season.
The blur on the national championships
FIFA has not put forward any figures concerning the national championships - which represent the basis of the football economy - simply assuring that "historical trajectories do not show any negative correlation between the income generated by the final stages in selection and the leagues ".
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