FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup
The FIFA Council, after convening
in Kolkata, India on October 27, 2017 decided on a few important elements
related to the FIFA World Cup™ – for both next year’s edition in Russia and the
future of football’s showpiece competition.
FIFA’s strategic body approved an
increase in the prize money for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ to a total amount
of USD 400 million — 12 percent up from the USD 358 million awarded at the 2014
edition.
The FIFA Council also ratified
the decision of the Bureau of the Council of 6 September 2017 to approve the
enhanced Bidding Regulations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup™, and appointed the
members of the Bid Evaluation Task Force.
According to the Bidding
Regulations, the Task Force must be composed of the chairpersons of the Audit
& Compliance Committee and the Governance Committee – in this case, Tomaz
Vesel and Mukul Mudgal respectively – as well as a member of the Organising
Committee for Competitions (Ilco Gjorgioski was appointed), together with experts
from the administration: Deputy Secretaries General Zvonimir Boban (football)
and Marco Villiger (administration).
The meeting in Kolkata covered a
wide array of topics and saw the FIFA Council passing a number of important
decisions, including the following:
· Establishment of the FIFA
Foundation, with the purpose of providing a solid legal and institutional basis
for FIFA’s social development initiatives. One of the core intentions of the
FIFA Foundation will be to institutionalise a commitment of the FIFA Legends to
engage in such activities and act as promoters of FIFA’s aims and objectives
related to social development.
The FIFA Foundation should be
operational by the first quarter of 2018 and will initially comprise the FIFA
President and two members of the FIFA Council, Sonia Bien-Aime and Kwesi
Nyantakyi. Later in the year, the FIFA Council will appoint a selection of
respected personalities – from football and other areas of society – as
additional members of the Foundation Board.
· Decision to engage in a
consultation phase to discuss a review of FIFA’s women’s, youth and club
tournaments. A number of different draft formats will be submitted for
discussion with the member associations at the FIFA Executive Football Summits,
as well as with the confederations and other relevant stakeholders. Final
concepts are planned to be submitted to the FIFA Council for approval during
the body’s next meeting, on 15 and 16 March 2018 in Bogota, Colombia.
· Approval of the following FIFA
tournament dates:
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
France 2018: 5 to 24 August 2018
- FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
Uruguay 2018: 13 November to 1 December 2018
- FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018:
12 to 22 December 2018
- FIFA Women’s World Cup France
2019™: 7 June to 7 July 2019
· Adoption of the International
Transfer Matching System for professional women’s football as of 1 January
2018. The regulatory mechanism will enable FIFA to monitor the international
movements and transfer market, bringing more transparency to the women’s game
and enhancing its level of professionalism.
· Recognition of all European and
South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup – played between 1960
and 2004 – as club world champions.
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