FIFA Series

The FIFA Series, originally known as FIFA World Series, is a biennial invitational football competition promoted by FIFA that features international friendlies between national teams from different confederations, taking place in March of every even-numbered year. The first edition will be held in March 2024.

For the video game series, see FIFA (video game series).

FIFA Series
Organising bodyFIFA
Founded2024 (2024)
RegionInternational
Number of teams24 (from 6 confederations)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 FIFA Series

The competition brings together men's national teams from all six FIFA confederations in a series of mini-tournaments, each consisting of four teams and held at a centralised venue during the FIFA match window in March of every even-numbered year.[1][2] FIFA provides financial support to the participating national teams and is also in charge of organising the tournaments together with the host member association.[3]

History

On 16 December 2022, FIFA launched a friendly competition proposal, named the "FIFA World Series", in order to give national teams from different confederations more opportunities to play against each other.[1][4][5] FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed the competition on 16 March 2023, following his re-election to the post during the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda.[3]

The inaugural edition in 2024 will feature five different series, taking place across four host countries during the FIFA match window from 18 to 26 March 2024.[2]

On 19 March 2024, FIFA announced Egypt to host the FIFA Series: Egypt matches.[6] The matches were originally meant to be played in UAE with the tournament called Winsunited Cup, later changed to ACUD Cup, now FIFA Series: Egypt.[7][8]

Participating teams
Legend
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th – Final placing of each team within its tournament
  •      – Hosts of FIFA Series for that year
  • I – Invited for upcoming tournament
AFC
Team2024
 Bhutan4th
 Brunei2nd
 Cambodia4th
 Mongolia4th
 Sri Lanka2nd
CAF
Nation2024
 Algeria1st
 Cape Verde1st
 Central African Republic1st
 Egypt2nd
 Equatorial Guinea3rd
 Guinea1st
 South Africa3rd
 Tanzania3rd
 Tunisia3rd
CONCACAF
Nation2024
 Bermuda3rd
 Guyana2nd
CONMEBOL
Nation2024
 Bolivia2nd
OFC
Nation2024
 New Zealand4th
 Papua New Guinea3rd
 Vanuatu4th
UEFA
Nation2024
 Andorra4th
 Azerbaijan2nd
 Bulgaria1st
 Croatia1st

See also

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup 2022™ praised for its "unique cohesive power"" (in Spanish). FIFA. 16 December 2022.
  2. "Qué es la FIFA Series, la competencia que contará con amistosos exóticos entre selecciones" [What is the FIFA Series, the competition that will feature exotic friendlies between national teams?] (in Spanish). Olé. 17 February 2024.
  3. "2023-2027: FIFA President lays out objectives for the future" (in Spanish). FIFA. 16 March 2023.
  4. Smith, Alan (16 December 2022). "New FIFA World Series and how it could work as Gianni Infantino outlines new tournament plans". www.mirror.co.uk. Daily Mirror.
  5. Sengupta, Ayon (16 December 2022). "FIFA to launch biennial 'FIFA World Series' for inter-confederation matches: President Infantino". sportstar.thehindu.com. Doha: Sportstar.
  6. "Egypt announced as host as FIFA Series pilot phase expanded". FIFA. 19 March 2024.
  7. Team, KingFut (13 March 2024). "OFFICIAL: Winsunited Cup to take place in Cairo instead of UAE". KingFut. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  8. Egyptian Football Association [@EgyptNT_EN] (14 March 2024). "We are pleased to announce the participation of our national team in the inaugural ACUD Cup by Sports United alongside Croatia, Tunisia, and New Zealand. The tournament will be held in Egypt from March 18 to 26" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 March 2024 – via Twitter.
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