— Published January 20, 2025

Club World Cup trophy begins tour

FIFA

Around the world, not in 80, but in 147 days. The tour of Club World Cup trophy FIFA is officially launched. It kicked off on Friday 17 January at an event in New York, in the presence of singer Robbie Williams, as well as the FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy Tour will give players, coaches and fans from around the world the chance to see club football’s most coveted prize live, underlines the Italo-Swiss, and to unite them in their excitement and dream of becoming the first winners of the new FIFA Club World Cup.” The trophy will be carried around for 147 days in 20 countries and 29 cities, including Lisbon, Manchester, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Casablanca, until opening match scheduled for June 14, 2025 in Miami. Eager to promote his product as best as possible, the international football boss obviously insisted on the importance of "This tournament which innovates and redefines world club football". History of talking about something other than criticisms, which notably concern the interest of such a tournament in a already overloaded schedule. A number of players have publicly criticised the pace of play imposed in recent months, with the physical and mental fatigue that results.