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FIFA has set the dates for the first edition of the Women’s Club World Cup.

The first Women’s Club World Cup will take place in January-February 2026, with the 16-team tournament held every four years after that, FIFA said in Wednesday’s statement. Initial plans to introduce a Women’s Club World Cup were revealed in May 2021 by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who then called it was part of a plan to “revolutionize” the women’s game.

“It’s crucial, after the huge, huge success in Australia and New Zealand at the last [FIFA] Women’s World Cup, where we had two million viewers in the stadiums [and] two billion around the world, that we build on that success to create new global competitions, because national team football is obviously based on club football as well,” Infantino said following today’s FIFA Council meeting, which occurred in advance of the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok.

🔘 Approval of the Women’s International Match Calendar 2026-2029
🔘 First edition of FIFA Women’s Club World Cup to take place in early 2026
🔘 Mattias Grafström formally appointed as FIFA Secretary General

All the key updates from today’s FIFA Council meeting in Bangkok:

— FIFA (@FIFAcom) May 15, 2024

The council…