Changes in the new World-wide of Clubs: finally they will have eight European teams

This Friday the FIFA will vote to do important changes in the World-wide of Clubs of the year 2021. This tournament could play in place of the called Glass Confederations that would play before the World-wide of Catar. Everything seems to indicate that the vote goes to be positive, since Infantino has achieved the support of until six continental confederations for this project.

This new World-wide of Clubs would play between the 17 and on 4 July 2021. In him they will participate the champions of the Champions League and of the Europe League of these last four campaigns. In other words of Europe would participate eight teams in total. Real Madrid, Athletic of Madrid, FC Barcelona and Seville would be in this tournament for having won one of the two tournaments these last four years.

Sudamérica Would have six teams that would participate in this competition. On the other hand, the African continent, the Asian and the call CONCACAF would have three groups each one, whereas of Oceania only there would be a club participant. Like curiosity, as it aims Ace, if the same team has gone out champion several campaigns, would go the following classified in the ránking of each confederation.

In the case of the Real Madrid and the Seville, that have won three and twice the Champions and the Europe League in the last four years, would have to contemplate this case. The tournament in yes, will play in a format of eight groups of three teams and eight groups would happen to the hypothetical quarter-finals.

The project has all the ballots to go out advance and only the president of the UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, has doubts on the same. The president has defended to the European Association of Clubs and thinks that a tournament like this would not help in at all to the teams. Besides, it is a direct competition to the Champions League, that always has been and will be the maximum competition of clubs of the world.

The UEFA achieves to go down of 12 to 8 the European teams

As it aims Ace, the UEFA finally has had to conform with that they recess the European teams of the twelve to the eight. They know that they are in minority regarding this tournament and at least want that they do not go more than these eight groups. Besides, they want that it play between June and July and also seems that they go it to achieve. Small victories of the UEFA with this World-wide of Clubs.