Australia sees ‘opportunity’ in growing Fifa’s Club World Cup, with new 32-team format set for US debut in 2025
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Australia’s football chief James Johnson believes his country can help Fifa turn their new Club World Cup into a global success as he seeks to get in the driving seat for the bidding process.
But Johnson, CEO of Football Australia, believes the new 32-team Club World Cup, which will debut in the United States in 2025, would more than compensate for missing out on the game’s biggest event.
“I’m very excited by this,” Johnson said in an interview on Monday ahead of this week’s Soccerex conference in Miami.
“There’s an opportunity there, 32 teams, 64 matches, played over one month. We’ve got the biggest teams in the world coming together and fighting it out to be world champion of the Club Football. It’s extremely interesting,” he said.
The current Club World Cup features just seven clubs from six confederations and has struggled to grab attention.
