The next world cup will be having a record 104 matches, compared to 64 during Qatar 2022. BTW, FIFA is expecting a revenue of $11 billion from the tournament, which will be an all time record if realized.
11 billion dollars
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That's a lot of money, this makes me wanna ask how fifa actually makes their money,?
Is it just by selling tickets to those who would want to attend the stadium and view the match live, or are there other ways through which the make their money aside advertisement?
Cus I am of the opinion that if it's just by selling tickets and from advertisers, making 11 billions dollars would be pretty impossible in my point of view, except the tickets are sold at an exorbitant high price which only rich men and women can afford.
I have wondered how they will spend this money since this time, in comparison to another world cup, they will certainly earn much more money because there are more teams participating and more matches in the world cup. I believe FIFA should raise the price for teams, spend some money on food for those countries who need it, as well as build stadiums and schools for those countries.
Fifa is definitely the biggest organisation and football is the most played sport in the world, next world cup is going to be more interesting interms of new teams and new matches. I hope fifa includes teams from Asia as we have less Asian teams in last world cup .
In fact, as far as I know, for the next World Cup 2026, FIFA has already increased the number of Asian national teams that will participate, if I remember correctly, Asia will have 5 representatives at the next World Cup.
However, as I said earlier in this discussion, I do not think that a larger number of participants in the World Cup will increase the quality of the competition, and in fact I think that we will see more bad and boring matches.
Of course, due to a greater number of matches, FIFA's earnings will increase, and that is obviously the most important thing in the whole story, not some sporting motives or reasons. Considering the enormous organizational and financial demands, fewer and fewer countries in the world will be able to organize a world cup, which is also bad news for all sincere fans.