Strategic Objectives - Goal 7

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Provide FIFA Member Associations with new international match opportunities for their national teams and clubs

Overview

Principles

Achievements

Stories

Goal 1. FIFA Statutes revision

Goal 2. Transfer system reform

Goal 3. Technological developments

Goal 4. Youth tournaments

Goal 5. Development & FIFA Academies

Goal 6. Social responsibilities

Goal 7. FIFA Series

Goal 8. FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™

Goal 9. FIFA World Cup 2026™: Greatest show on the planet

Goal 10. FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Brand-new club competition

Goal 11. Record 11 billion USD revenues

The expanded formats for both the FIFA World Cup (in 2026 to 48 teams) and the FIFA Women’s World Cup (in 2023 to 32 teams) will give more teams more opportunities to compete on the global stage, which will reinforce, rather than dilute, the quality of national-team football.

Additional investments are also being made across the game with the organisation of the first edition of the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup and plans to create a FIFA Beach Soccer Women’s World Cup.

To facilitate more meaningful matches between teams from different confederations, and when teams are free for friendly games, FIFA aims to explore playing opportunities between teams from different continents in the March window of even years, under the working title of the __FIFA Series__. These mini tournaments will allow more international interaction outside the traditional local footprint, and all teams to encounter and compete against each other, to create communities from all over the world. 

In order to further facilitate meaningful matches at both national-team and club level, FIFA will partner with confederations, zonal/regional associations and/or our FIFA Member Associations to discuss how to create and maintain new quality international tournaments, especially in areas where such opportunities are lacking. The FIFA Arab Cup 2021™ was an example of this and was staged as a test event in advance of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar; this incredible success in the Arab world is set to continue. Such tournaments give teams the opportunity to compete and celebrate football. FIFA is ready to support such events and to work together to look at ways of arranging more matches between national teams and between clubs within zones or regions. 

Such tournaments allow member associations to gain valuable experience in hosting important international matches, as well as potentially activating additional commercial opportunities with FIFA’s support. 

FIFA intends to make recommendations to the International Olympic Committee to change the format of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament at the Olympic Games, namely concerning an increase in the number of teams from the current 12 teams to 16 teams, to mirror the men’s tournament. Given participation levels worldwide, FIFA will also propose that both futsal and beach soccer be considered as distinct football disciplines at the Olympic Games going forward.

Vision Goal 7

Provide member associations with new international opportunities for their national teams and clubs

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