FIFA President Gianni Infantino explains outcomes of FIFA Council assembly

The FIFA Council on Wednesday endorsed the holding of a worldwide summit twentieth December 2021 by videoconference with the intention to talk about the way forward for soccer after receiving an in depth replace on the continued session course of on the subject.
Following the request by FIFA’s member associations on the 71st FIFA Congress in May 2021 {that a} feasibility research be carried out to discover the potential impression of holding the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women’s World Cup each two years as an alternative of 4, FIFA has been implementing a complete session course of involving all stakeholders.
This course of has targeted on addressing worldwide match calendar points for each ladies’s and males’s soccer, presenting proposals for world youth tournaments, and making certain all proposals assist participant well being and well-being.
The FIFA Council’s resolution will now present the platform for FIFA’s 211 member associations to additional talk about the proposals within the coming weeks, with the target of reaching an settlement on the constructions of membership and nationwide staff competitors home windows throughout the worldwide match calendars for ladies’s and males’s soccer.
In addition, the FIFA Council additionally appointed the United Arab Emirates to host the seven-team FIFA Club World Cup 2021 in early 2022 with the exact particulars to be communicated later.

In relation to the present worldwide match calendar for ladies’s soccer (2020-2023), the FIFA Council accepted three amendments:
*FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 play-off event: 13-23 February 2023 (solely for the groups concerned on this event).
*International window: 10-18 July 2023.
*FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: 20 July-20 August 2023.
The FIFA Council confirmed that the 72nd FIFA Congress might be held on thirty first March 2022 in Doha, Qatar, together with the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino additionally knowledgeable the FIFA Council of his intention to be nearer to the FIFA World Cup and, subsequently, to divide his presence between Zurich, Doha and the world over, with the intention to ship his presidential duties.