The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed its support for the FIFA World Cup to be held every two years during the organization’s Extraordinary General Assembly, voting in favor of the proposal unanimously, while at the same time giving the green light to further studies into the launch of the Pan-African Super League.FIFA’s chief of global development and former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger attended the General Assembly and gave a presentation that saw the continental body pass the resolution.CAF has unanimously decided to support a biennial FIFA World Cup. They support a World Cup being played every 2 years.Thoughts?#AfricaSoccerZone #ASZ pic.twitter.com/ZdWvgkfT4Z— Africa Soccer Zone (@AfricaSoccer_zn) November 26, 2021 This was an expected move for the continental body following claims by President Patrice Motsepe earlier in September that African football could be the biggest beneficiary of the proposed change.”CAF welcomes the FIFA Congress decision to conduct a feasibility study on hosting men’s and women’s FIFA World Cups every two years. If the FIFA study concludes it is feasible, CAF will fully support hosting the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup every two years,” read part of the resolution.Wenger had earlier told the CAF General Assembly that he believed holding biennial men’s and women’s FIFA World Cups was feasible, with the Frenchman also stressing the need for annual youth tournaments, which he claimed would significantly boost African football.FIFA’s feasibility study into shifting from a traditional four-year World Cup cycle to a biennial one has attracted criticism from European football’s governing body UEFA and the South American Football Confederation, with a series of top European leagues showing strong opposition to the proposals.WTF is Motsepe smoking? @CAF_Online offices must be locked and the keys thrown away what rubbish is this https://t.co/mC5gBP5kpZ pic.twitter.com/o07Qfc6zDb— DarkChild جوان👑 (@dongeo80sbaby) November 26, 2021 The CAF General Assembly gave the go-ahead into more research on the proposed Pan-African Super League for the continent’s elite clubs.The proposed competition is expected to feature 20 of the continent’s top clubs and the football body believes the move will help maximize revenues for the participants as well as deliver high competition.FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed CAF could count on FIFA’s full support for the project while offering his support.
