Held in the United States, the 2025 Club World Cup has been a success, at least for Brazilian fans.
Thus, taking advantage of the tournament’s “hype”, the CBF informed Fifa about its interest in hosting the 2029 World Cup.
“It all started with an introductory conversation. I spoke about my goals at the helm of CBF and said that we want to be closer to Fifa. I praised the event and the level of Brazilian clubs and, finally, offered the country to host the next World Cup. He was very happy, said it is totally possible. Now we are going to work to make it happen. It will be a great goal,” said Samir Xaud, president of CBF, in an interview with O Globo newspaper.
The meeting between Samir Xaud and Gianni Infantino and Mattias Grafström, president and secretary-general of Fifa, respectively, took place at the Fifa Football Executive Summit in Miami, with representatives from the 211 member associations of the entity.
On social media, Infantino has been posting images of Brazilian fans’ parties watching the games on the beaches of Brazil and in US cities.
What could “play against” this Brazilian “pre-candidacy” to host the 2029 Club World Cup is that, initially but not necessarily, the tournament would take place every four years as a replacement for the Confederations Cup, which was held a year before the World Cup as a “test event” for the country.
In 2030, the World Cup will be held in Portugal, Spain and Morocco, but with some games taking place in Argentina and Uruguay as a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the first edition of the tournament.
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