Club World Cup: FIFA Council awards Qatar the 2019 and 2020 editions of the competition

"Following the approval of a revamped FIFA Club World Cup with 24 teams, the pilot edition of which will be played in 2021, the FIFA Council decided to award Qatar the right to host the next two editions of the tournament in its existing format in 2019 and 2020. The upcoming editions of the seven-team competition will serve as valuable test events in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup 2022, even more so since their timing - usually around early December - corresponds with that of the next FIFA World Cup (from 21/11 to 18/12/2022), allowing for testing under similar climatic conditions," announced FIFA at meeting no. 10 of the FIFA Council held at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris (FRA), on 03/06/2019.

"In regard to the pilot edition of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup in 2021, the FIFA administration will analyse and proactively approach potential hosts before making a recommendation at the next FIFA Council meeting, in Shanghai (China), on 23 and 24/10/2019," added the international body.

From 2021 onwards, the Club World Cup will increase from 7 to 24 participating clubs…