Fifa Club World Cup scheduled for early 2022 in UAE
The United Arab Emirates will now host the Club World Cup, FIFA have confirmed.
Japan were originally due to host the competition however the Japan Football Association have since withdrawn from hosting duty due to COVID-19 concerns, with Qatar rumoured to be a contender to step in.
However the UAE are now confirmed as hosts with Gianni Infantino saying: “The council endorsed a meeting, a global summit meeting to take place in December this year with the aim of providing a presentation to all 211 member nations about the future of football, men’s football, women’s football, youth football, on 20th December.
“It was decided that the Club World Cup 2021 will be layed in early 2022, the exact dates are still to be confirmed, but the hosts after the withdrawal of Japan because of the pandemic, the host will be the United Arab Emirates, the UAE, who have hosted this event already a few times as you know.
“Also we decided that the FIFA congress next year shall be on the 31st March in Doha on the eve of the draw for the World Cup finals.”
Source: talksport