Olympic Games: "Our proposal would be to have 16 women's & 12 men's teams" (G. Infantino)

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Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, in Belgrade (SRB) on 03/04/2025 - ©  UEFA

"Football is part of the Olympic Games and in the Olympic Games, there are 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams. This is something that we don't like. We've been asking the International Olympic Committee whether we can have 16 men's and 16 women's teams. It seems this isn't possible. Our proposal that we have already started to discuss, would...

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Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, in Belgrade (SRB) on 03/04/2025 - ©  UEFA

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