FIFA to discuss plans for biennial World Cups at associations summit next week

FIFA will discuss its plans to change the international calendar and shorten the gap between World Cups to two years at an associations summit next week (Owen Humphreys/PA)

FIFA will hold an online summit with football associations from all over the world next week to discuss its plans for the men’s and women’s international calendars, which include biennial World Cups.

The world governing body is in favour of shortening the gap between its showpiece men’s and women’s events from four to two years, and the summit on September 30 marks what FIFA calls a new phase of its consultation process which also looks more broadly at international breaks, rest periods and so on.