If the new formula of the Club World Cup, extended to 32 teams and scheduled during the summer, has caused a lot of talk, the very relative success of the first edition, last year in the United States, has definitively convinced Fifa to impose this tournament in this format. The Club World Cup will return in June and July 2029, one year before the 2030 World Cup hosted by Spain, Morocco and Portugal (with opening matches in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay).
The 2025 Club World Cup was given to the US, in order to prepare for the World 26 co-organized with Mexico and Canada but entirely contested in the country of Uncle Sam from the quarter-finals. For 2029, the American federation had proposed to Fifa to once again host the tournament won by Chelsea at the expense of PSG (3-0). Brazil has been pushing ahead with Gianni Infantino in recent months, highlighting the infrastructure from the 2014 World Cup used for the 2027 Women’s World Cup. Germany’s candidacy has also been received by the international body.
The 2029 Club World Cup in two countries
Finally, Morocco and Spain are now the favorites with Fifa to host this 2029 Club World Cup, as indicated The Guardian. Morocco already has a magnificent stadium in Rabat, the Prince Moulay Abdellah (69,500), used for the last African Cup of Nations, and is in the process of building a huge 115,000-seat stadium near Casablanca, which will be named Stade Hassan II.
In Spain, after BernabĂ©u (83,000 seats), the Camp Nou (105,000 seats) will be permanently renovated. Barça’s lair also dreams of hosting the final of the 2030 World Cup. Portugal has obviously not shown up for this 2029 Club World Cup. The Estadio da Luz will perhaps still be undergoing renovation.
Still according to the British media, Fifa plans to increase from 32 to 48 teams for the 2029 edition and UEFA would not be against it! As with the World Cups now, the next Club World Cup could offer one more round with the round of 16. Enough to delight TV broadcasters and increasingly overload the schedule of the big teams of the Old Continent.
