China will host a revamped Club World Cup in 2021, FIFA has announced.
The game s governing body made the announcement following a meeting in Shanghai on Thursday.
Although its prestige has often paled against other trophy targets for European sides, a redesigned Club World Cup will expand to 24 teams following the final two iterations of the existing seven-team format in Qatar in 2019 and 2020.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has strongly opposed the move, which is seen by some as an attempt to position the competition as a rival to Europe s Champions League.
Ceferin last year described FIFA as behaving strangely , but Gianni Infantino, president of the global body, pressed ahead with rolling out plans for the new-look tournament.
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