Qatar will host the subsequent 5 editions of the boys’ Underneath-17 World Cup from 2025 to 2029, whereas the women’ event is ready to be performed in Morocco, FIFA introduced on Thursday
World soccer’s governing physique mentioned in December that each youth tournaments could be held yearly beginning subsequent yr, with the boys’ occasion increasing from 24 to 48 groups. The variety of ladies’ groups concerned may also improve, from 16 to 24.
FIFA mentioned the choice to decide on a single host nation for a number of editions centred on the power to make “use of current footballing infrastructure within the curiosity of event efficiencies and sustainability.”
Qatar was the venue for the 2022 males’s World Cup and hosted this yr’s Asian Cup after stepping in to switch the unique host, China.
Morocco will co-host the 2030 World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, with three matches to be performed in South America to have a good time its centenary.
Qatar and Morocco have each held the Membership World Cup on a number of events. Morocco can be scheduled to stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The enlargement of the Underneath-17 World Cup displays a basic FIFA development, with the boys’s 2026 World Cup to function 48 groups for the primary time. Final yr’s Ladies’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand noticed the sector develop from 24 to 32 nations.
AFP
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