All 55 UEFA member associations voted unanimously at an emergency meeting on July 30 to boycott the FIFA World Cup and all FIFA-run tournaments if FIFA President Gianni Infantino proceeds with a plan to sell ownership stakes in FIFA's competitions to private investors; the vote is the sharpest direct confrontation between European football and FIFA leadership in decades
UEFA, Europe's football governing body based in Nyon, Switzerland, oversees 55 national associations, runs the Champions League and EURO, and distributes over €5 billion annually.
full dossier ›Europe's top annual club football competition, contested by 36 clubs from UEFA's 55 member associations, distributing over €2.4 billion per season.
From FIFA's 211-member World Cup franchise to the Premier League's broadcast billions, football's institutional architecture shapes global sport and capital flows.
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