FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has announced that Morocco will host the next Club World Cup in February. Infantino made the announcement while the planned expanded version of the competition is scheduled to start in 2025.
The tournament will take place between February 1 and 11, 2023, Infantino told reporters during a press conference in Doha, as it returns to Morocco for the third time.
The expanded Club World Cup has long been proposed by Infantino. An event comprising 24 teams, featuring eight teams from Europe, was scheduled to take place in China last year only to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Infantino said the tournament would now go ahead in 2025 and would feature 32 teams.
He said: “We had agreed a few years ago to have a new 24-team men’s Club World Cup. It should have taken place in 2021 but was postponed because of Covid.
“The new competition will take place in 2025 and will feature 32 teams, making it really like a World Cup.”
The Club World Cup was hosted by Morocco in 2013 and 2014, while the last edition was hosted by the United Arab Emirates in February, with Chelsea lifting the trophy.
For now, the competition will continue in its existing format, featuring the champions of the six continental federations and a top team from the host nation.
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