FIFA Series

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FIFA Series
Organising body FIFA
Founded2024;1 year ago (2024)
RegionInternational
Number of teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Website Official website
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 FIFA Series

The FIFA Series, originally known as FIFA World Series, is a biennial invitational football competition promoted by FIFA that features international friendlies between national teams from different confederations, taking place in March of every even-numbered year. The first edition was held in March 2024.

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The competition brings together men's national teams from all six FIFA confederations in a series of mini-tournaments, each consisting of four teams and held at a centralised venue during the FIFA match window in March of every even-numbered year. [1] [2] FIFA provides financial support to the participating national teams and is also in charge of organising the tournaments together with the host member association. [3]

History

On 16 December 2022, FIFA launched a friendly competition proposal, named the "FIFA World Series", in order to give national teams from different confederations more opportunities to play against each other. [1] [4] [5] FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed the competition on 16 March 2023, following his re-election to the post during the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda. [3]

The inaugural edition in 2024 acted as a pilot phase for the competition and was originally going to feature 5 series of 4 teams each to be held in 4 host countries during the FIFA match window from 18 to 26 March 2024. [6] [2] Eventually the FIFA Series: Egypt was added for a total of 6 series and 24 teams in the inaugural edition. [7]

Following the success of the pilot phase, Infantino announced the second edition in 2026 during his speech at the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2024. [8] [9]

Participating teams

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AFC
Team 2024
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 4th
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 2nd
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 4th
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 4th
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2nd
CAF
Nation 2024
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1st
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 1st
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 1st
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2nd
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 3rd
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1st
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rd
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3rd
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3rd
CONCACAF
Nation 2024
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 3rd
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2nd
CONMEBOL
Nation 2024
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 2nd
OFC
Nation 2024
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4th
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3rd
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4th
UEFA
Nation 2024
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 4th
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2nd
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1st
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1st

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA World Cup 2022™ praised for its "unique cohesive power"" (in Spanish). FIFA. 16 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Qué es la FIFA Series, la competencia que contará con amistosos exóticos entre selecciones" [What is the FIFA Series, the competition that will feature exotic friendlies between national teams?] (in Spanish). Olé. 17 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 "2023-2027: FIFA President lays out objectives for the future". FIFA. 16 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Smith, Alan (16 December 2022). "New FIFA World Series and how it could work as Gianni Infantino outlines new tournament plans". www.mirror.co.uk. Daily Mirror.
  5. ↑ Sengupta, Ayon (16 December 2022). "FIFA to launch biennial 'FIFA World Series' for inter-confederation matches: President Infantino". sportstar.thehindu.com. Doha: Sportstar.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Series international friendlies pilot project to commence in March 2024". FIFA. 26 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Egypt announced as host as FIFA Series pilot phase expanded". FIFA. 19 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Gianni Infantino emphasises FIFA's mission to grow football globally in FIFA Congress address". FIFA. 17 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "FIFA President's Address | Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand Friday, 17 May 2024" (PDF). FIFA. 17 May 2024.
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