FIFA’s robust financial foundation to develop football around the world took centre stage at the meeting of the FIFA Council, which unanimously approved the Annual Report 2024 , including the revised budget revenue target of USD 13 billion for the 2023-2026 cycle that will see nearly 90% invested back in the game to significantly boost global football development.
The revised budget incorporates USD 2 billion in revenues from the much-anticipated FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, which will set a new benchmark for global club football, with USD 1 billion distributed to participating clubs and provision for a solidarity mechanism that will be dedicated to club football across the world.
“The FIFA Club World Cup will not only be the pinnacle of club football, but also a vivid demonstration of solidarity that will benefit clubs at large to a scale that no other competition has ever done,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
“All revenue generated by the tournament will be distributed to the participating clubs and via club solidarity across the world as FIFA will not keep a single dollar. FIFA’s reserves, which are there for global football development, will remain untouched.”
“At the same time, we are making a record investment of almost USD 2.3 billion in the FIFA Forward Programme during the 2023-2026 cycle, which means that by 2026 we will have made the unprecedented amount of up to USD 5.1 billion available for football development since 2016.”
Bidding processes for the 2031 and 2035 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup
The FIFA Council approved the Bidding Regulations and Overview of Hosting Requirements for the 2031 and 2035 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™.
Taking into account the countries that have previously hosted the tournament and that Brazil will be hosting the upcoming edition in 2027, the FIFA Council took the following decisions:
- FIFA Women’s World Cup 2031: FIFA Member Associations affiliated to CAF and Concacaf are invited to bid for the 2031 edition; and
- FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035: FIFA Member Associations affiliated to CAF and UEFA are invited to bid for the 2035 edition
It is anticipated that the decisions on the hosts of the respective competitions will be taken at the 76th FIFA Congress in Q2 2026.
Other competitions
The FIFA Council approved the inclusion of several continental final tournaments in the Women’s International Match Calendar which is available on inside.fifa.com . The dates of matches 3, 4 and 5 of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup™ were confirmed as follows:
- The FIFA Derby of the Americas (match 3) on 10 December 2025
- The FIFA Challenger Cup (match 4) on 13 December 2025
- The FIFA Intercontinental Cup (match 5) final on 17 December 2025
The FIFA Council also approved the following tournament dates:
- FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025™: 25-26 November 2025 (qualifying matches) and 1-18 December 2025 (final tournament)
- FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025™: 3-27 November 2025
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026™: 5-27 September 2026
Credit: FIFA
