Uefa’s 55 member associations have voted to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to promote stakes in its competitions to non-public buyers.
The determination was made at an emergency assembly on Thursday to focus on the proposals introduced by Fifa – world soccer’s governing physique – on Tuesday.
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Uefa, which governs European soccer, had made its opposition clear by releasing two damning statements concerning the plans – and that energy of feeling has now been reaffirmed.
The boycott would cowl all Fifa competitions, together with the lads’s and ladies’s World Cups and Club World Cup, and be triggered if Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposals are voted by way of by member associations.
The first time this stance might be examined is October, when the Women’s World Cup play-offs are due to be held.
More to observe.