At odds with Fifa, Uefa and Concacaf eye new nations tournament 🏆 | OneFootball

Amid the crisis involving FIFA, UEFA, and CONCACAF, UEFA and CONCACAF have begun behind-the-scenes talks to organize a NEW national team competition.

The tournament would have its first edition in 2028 (after the European Championship), would be played every two years, and would follow the Nations League model.

UEFA and CONCACAF still have to work out several details of the tournament.

One possibility is that the group stage would be played during the FIFA international windows in September, October, and November.

Then, the knockout matches would take place in March. And the final stage, in June.

Regardless of the format, all 96 countries from Europe, North America, Central America, and the Caribbean would be involved, and a large portion of the revenue would be shared.

The information comes from the British newspaper The Guardian.

League A (as The Guardian calls it in its report) could bring together Spain, England, Portugal, Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

This discussion about a new tournament arose after FIFA president Gianni Infantino considered creating a company and selling shares in the World Cup.

The negative reaction, with protests mainly from UEFA and CONCACAF, made Infantino abandon that plan, but it did not cool the heated atmosphere behind the scenes.

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