FIFA is set to postpone next year’s inaugural Women’s Club World Cup until 2027 at the earliest, after stakeholders in the women’s game told the global governing body more time was needed to get it right.
FIFA initially announced its intention to host a new 16-team tournament between January and February of 2026 in Bangkok last May. However, 10 months on, there have been no announcements about a host, format or qualification criteria, for the tournament.
With the proposed start now less than a year away, clubs, confederations, leagues and the players’ union have persuaded FIFA to delay the launch of the tournament by at least 12 months.
Speaking in Bangkok at the time, Infantino said: “To this date, we don’t have a global club competition for women. Yet we are asking (men’s) clubs to form women’s clubs all over the world.
“We need to give players an opportunity to perform as well as on the global stage and to develop themselves in all continents of the world.
“For this reason, (we want) to have a 16-team FIFA Women’s Club World Cup in January/February 2026.”
It now seems that Infantino, the confederations, leading women’s leagues and everyone else concerned has decided to start small and get bigger, as opposed to the other way around.
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