Qatar emerges strongly as the next headquarters if the country that has already hosted the World Cup in 2022 is the chosen one, the tournament would play its second edition in winter. Spain and Brazil are the other two alternatives that FIFA has above the table. According to various information to which this newspaper has had access, it is being key in Qatar positioning.
Al-Khelaifi led the negotiation of the amounts to be received for participating in this first edition of the millionaire championship for the eleven European clubs belonging to the European Club Association (ECA) that he presides. Real Madrid, who abandoned ECA for the conflict of the Super League, negotiated on his own.
The economic details of the participation of European clubs. The agency presided by Alexander Ceferin has always seen this new World Cup World Championship as a serious competitor of the Champions League in the search and obtaining of income from retransmission rights and sponsors. As this newspaper has been able to know, a majority group of the 32 participants of this first edition have shown their desire that the Club World Cup will play every two years for the economic pinch it has meant. The Fluminense for reaching the semifinals has raised 60 million euros, which is equivalent to the income he would have received in two liberating glasses. Right now the possibility that the World Cup cuts its frequency to two years is unfeasible. FIFA is aware that it does not fit in the calendar and that, in addition, it would mean starting another open war with UEFA and also with the European Leagues Association.
The Qatar option, in addition to the good relationship it maintains with FIFA, also has the support of the lavish organization that it exhibited during the World Cup. and the incentive of the proximity of the headquarters that allowed fans to attend two games a day. Against the Qatari alternative, it plays again to have to stop the domestic and international club competitions in December, as happened in the World Cup of 2022. The Association of European Leagues, together with the European Division of the World Trade Union of Footballers (FIFPRO), already presented last October a complaint before the European Commission against FIFA and the celebration of the World Cup. Dominant in community football when establishing the calendars of the different competitions of this sport. ”
Bringing the second edition of the Tournament to Qatar would also be for FIFA to be again in the eye of the hurricane for granting a great competition to a country where the Human Rights Charter is violated. According to an International Amnesty report, “in 2024 Qatar and FIFA had not compensated for the large number of migrants who had been subject to abuse while working on 2022 World Cup projects. The right to freedom of expression and association continued to submit to restrictions and women and people LGBTI continue to suffer discrimination in the law and in practice.”
In front of Qatar’s candidacy, both that of Spain and Brazil are presented as hook alternatives, but it remains to be seen if it is enough to compete with the elongated power shadow of Al-Khelaifi and the Qatari state. Spain will host a greater number of matches than Morocco and Portugal, countries with which the 2030 World Cup coorganizes.
FIFA, as with the Confederations Cup, awarded a year earlier the headquarters of the aforementioned and already extinct tournament to the organizing country of the World Cup to test the stadiums, logistics and organizational capacity. The United States will organize that of 2030 with Mexico and Canada and this first edition of World Cup in Club has served as Bank Tests. In Spain, as in Brazil, mass assistance to stadiums is guaranteed. Brazilians also argue their condition of being the great country of football. His problem is that the football and FIFA industry move on insurance to guarantee the maximum possible income.
