<p class="title">FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional competition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tournament, known as the "Final 8", would be the climax of a global Nations League competition, which is part of an ambitious plan to reform international football which FIFA believes could be worth $25 billion in a 12-year cycle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a letter seen by Reuters, Infantino suggested that the new tournament would take place every October and/or November of every odd year starting from 2021.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that a "solid and serious" group of investors were willing to spend $25 billion on the competition and a revamped version of the Club World Cup, which would also start in 2021 with 24 teams.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Confederations Cup, currently staged every four years in a year before the World Cup, would be abolished.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The letter did not clearly indicate how many slots would be allocated to each region.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The plans were sent by Infantino to the members of FIFA's decision-making Council which still has to approve them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">European football body UEFA and its counterpart for North and Central America and the Caribbean, CONCACAF, have already set up Nations League contests in their own continents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In both cases, the competitions involve all the national teams in their respective regions who are divided into divisions based on their rankings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There is promotion and relegation between the divisions, as in conventional domestic club leagues. UEFA's inaugural competition will begin in September this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Other continents would have to set up similar competitions for the tournament to be viable.</p>
<p class="title">FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional competition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tournament, known as the "Final 8", would be the climax of a global Nations League competition, which is part of an ambitious plan to reform international football which FIFA believes could be worth $25 billion in a 12-year cycle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a letter seen by Reuters, Infantino suggested that the new tournament would take place every October and/or November of every odd year starting from 2021.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that a "solid and serious" group of investors were willing to spend $25 billion on the competition and a revamped version of the Club World Cup, which would also start in 2021 with 24 teams.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Confederations Cup, currently staged every four years in a year before the World Cup, would be abolished.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The letter did not clearly indicate how many slots would be allocated to each region.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The plans were sent by Infantino to the members of FIFA's decision-making Council which still has to approve them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">European football body UEFA and its counterpart for North and Central America and the Caribbean, CONCACAF, have already set up Nations League contests in their own continents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In both cases, the competitions involve all the national teams in their respective regions who are divided into divisions based on their rankings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There is promotion and relegation between the divisions, as in conventional domestic club leagues. UEFA's inaugural competition will begin in September this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Other continents would have to set up similar competitions for the tournament to be viable.</p>