Gianni Infantino, steg for steg

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says Iran will be at the 2026 World Cup, while Iranian officials are absent from the world football governing body's congress in Canada. Gianni Infantino vokser denne lørdag frem som et av temaene som tiltrekker seg oppmerksomhet i Norway.

Fakta

• Fifa president Gianni Infantino says Iran will be at the 2026 World Cup, while Iranian officials are absent from the world football governing body's congress in Canada.
• “Let me start at the outset by confirming straight away, for those who maybe want to say something else or write something else, that of course Iran will be participating at the Fifa World Cup 2026,” Infantino said. “And of course, Iran will play in the United States of America.
• “We have had 500m ticket requests,” Infantino said. “In the last two World Cups we had 50m requests in total.
• Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, has repeated his belief that Iran will take part in the World Cup this summer despite the federation failing to attend congress in Vancouver.
• Elsewhere in his address, Infantino defended Fifa’s controversial ticket sales process amid widespread complaints over prices, saying that they have received 500m requests for tickets and that 90% have already sold out, with some held over for future sales.

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I detalj, Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, has repeated his belief that Iran will take part in the World Cup this summer despite the federation failing to attend congress in Vancouver.

Konkret, Elsewhere in his address, Infantino defended Fifa’s controversial ticket sales process amid widespread complaints over prices, saying that they have received 500m requests for tickets and that 90% have already sold out, with some held over for future sales.

I tillegg Infantino also announced that Fifa’s projected revenues for the 2023-26 cycle that concludes with this summer’s World Cup have increased to $14bn (£10.3bn), a growth of 20% on the previous cycle.

Det er verdt å merke seg at But Gianni Infantino, president of world football's governing body, reiterated again that the country "will be participating" in this summer's World Cup, to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

På dette stadiet He was asked about Iran's participation again following Infantino's comments on Thursday and said: "Well, if Gianni said it, I'm OK.

Tallene

“Let me start at the outset by confirming straight away, for those who maybe want to say something else or write something else, that of course Iran will be participating at the Fifa World Cup 2026,” Infantino said. “And of course, Iran will play in the United States of America.

“We have had 500m ticket requests,” Infantino said. “In the last two World Cups we had 50m requests in total.

I tillegg However, the first three and a half years of Infantino's leadership do not count because he took over following Sepp Blatter's resignation in 2016.

Det er verdt å merke seg at Following a roll call of the 210 Fifa members who were in attendance, the general secretary, Mattias Grafström, did not mention Iran’s absence.

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“I want to confirm I will be a candidate for the election for Fifa president next year,” Infantino said to close the congress. “I wanted you to be the first to know.

“The problem with Iran would be some of the other people they would want to bring with them, some of whom have ties to the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps],” Rubio said.

Bakgrunnen

Det er verdt å merke seg at Iran’s participation had been in doubt following US and Israeli attacks on the country that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

På dette stadiet Iran’s participation in doubt following US/Israel attacks.

I detalj, Iran’s participation has been the subject of uncertainty since the US and Israel launched airstrikes on the Islamic Republic in February, but Infantino insisted they will fulfil fixtures against New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt.

Konkret, despite Infantino’s confidence there remain concerns that Iran could experience immigration problems this summer.

I tillegg Infantino confirmed formally for the first time that he intends to stand for re-election for a third full term at next year’s congress, which will take place in Rabat, Morocco.

Oppsummering

• Despite Infantino’s confidence there remain concerns that Iran could experience immigration problems this summer.
• Iran will begin their World Cup against New Zealand in Los Angeles on 15 June, where they are also due to play Belgium on 21 June, before finishing Group G against Egypt in Seattle.
• If they and the USA finish second in their respective groups, the sides will meet in the last 32 in Dallas, having played each other in the group stage at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.