FIFA Women's Club World Cup: "A crucial competition for women's football" (G. Infantino)

"The Women's Club World Cup will be crucial for the women's game and give clubs a much-needed opportunity to perform on the global stage," said Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, in Bangkok (THA) on 15/05/2024, following the International Federation's Council meeting, which unanimously approved the 2026-2029 international match calendar for women's football (WIMC), which includes the first edition of this new competition, which will bring together 16 teams in January-February 2026.

"The new competition would keep the momentum going for women's football in the wake of the transformative and record-breaking FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (in Australia and New Zealand and won by Spain)," according to Infantino. "It's crucial, after the huge, huge success in Australia and New Zealand, where we had two million viewers in the stadiums (and) two billion around the world, that we build on that success to create new global competitions, because national team football is obviously based on club football as well," added the FIFA President.

"An opportunity to develop women's football on all…