The decision, announced after a meeting of the FIFA Council in Bangkok, suggests a significant change that could materialize by 2025.
The dream of Premier League or of The league, that with their vast global audiences have long put on the table the idea of playing matches outside their national borders, could soon materialize.
That new commission of the FIFA is in charge “of collecting broader information on potential amendments to the regulations of the international matches of the FIFA and to issue recommendations to the Council in this regard,” the body wrote in a statement.
The Council – FIFA’s decision-making body – declared that the group would examine ten aspects relating to the organization of matches abroad.
These are above all the repercussions for the fans of the teams that could play abroad, consequences on the development of the competition or on the number of matches to be played outside the territory.
The biggest European clubs often play lucrative friendly matches around the world, such as the clash between Tottenham and Newcastle which will take place next Wednesday in melbourne, just three days after the end of the Premier League.
Official but secondary competitions such as Spain Supercup, organized in recent years in Saudi Arabia, they have already taken the leap. But the leagues were still governed by the regulations FIFA.
Spanish LaLiga expressed its desire to play matches in North America from 2025.
The project of a “39th date” of the Premier League abroad, which caused rivers of ink to flow, was abandoned in 2008 due to opposition from fan groups, the FIFA and the UEFA.
Last month, an appeal to the United States courts prompted FIFA to reconsider its opposition.
That decision was made while the annual congress of the FIFA will take place on Friday in Bangkok, where the name of the organizer of the Women’s Soccer World Cup 2027to which they aspire Brazil and a joint candidacy Germany-Belgium-Netherlands.
Background
The last precedent at the local level was the Argentine International Super Cup, which by AFA decision was moved to the United Arab Emirates.
The president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia, had been proud of this agreement that extends for four years: “It is a historic milestone for our Association and a great opportunity for Argentine Clubs to continue their global expansion. Being able to move the Argentine Super Cup to a destination like Abu Dhabi is significant. Over the past few years we have worked hard at various levels to progress and restore the historic global exposure and visibility of our competitions. We are convinced of the value and meaningful relationship built with the Abu Dhabi Sports Council and we look forward to continuing to look forward, consolidating it with. the best of Argentine Soccer”.
This definition was disputed Mouth, who had been crowned champion of the 2022 Professional Soccer League and racing for being the leader of the annual table of that same year. On that occasion, the Avellaneda team won 2-1.
Italian Super Cup
United States, Libya, China, Qatar or Saudi Arabia were, starting in 1993, some of the scenarios of the Italian Super Cup, which was delivered outside national territories in ten of its 31 editions.
After organizing the first five editions of the Super Cup in Italy, Serie A League He began to bet on the export of his football in foreign countries in exchange for important economic contracts, both for his organization and for the clubs involved.
In recent years it was played twice in Doha, Qatar (2014 and 2017), as a form of promotion for the 2022 World Cup, while the last edition, won by Lautaro Martínez’s Inter last January against Naples, was organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Spain Supercup
In 2018 the Real spanish soccer federation decided to make changes to the Spain Supercup and its definitions were disputed with a single match and to be played in Morocco.
However, this venue would only last one year, since the following season was decided to be held in Saudi Arabia for purely economic reasons. The then president of the Federation, Luis Rubiales, signed a contract with the Saudi country to move the competition there until 2029, in exchange for US$262 million.
French Super Cup
Like the rest of the federations, in order to raise more income, the LFP organized several of its editions of the Super Cup final, which faces the champion of the League and Cupoutside France.
Since 2009, this tournament traveled to Canada, Morocco, Tunisia, United States, Gabon and Israel, among others. Both the followers of Toulouse, current Cup champion, and those of PSG, winner of the League, agreed in censuring “the commercial interests” of the LFP.
Source: Ambito
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