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The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) is being celebrated on 6 April with this year’s focus “Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies” a theme that chimes harmoniously within a large number of FIFA initiatives and in many areas of the organisation’s work. More …

Football in Vanuatu has enjoyed several milestone achievements, both on and off the field, in recent years and participation in the very first FIFA Series in March is the latest step forward for the beautiful game in the Pacific island nation. FIFA’s new initiative allows member associations more regular opportunity …

FIFA Director Member Associations Africa Gelson Fernandes has called the FIFA Series “a great step” in creating new opportunities for African countries to face opponents from other continents. With the express aim of enabling more teams from across FIFA’s six confederations to play each other more frequently and in line …

The inaugural FIFA Series took place across six different locations over the recent international period featuring 24 teams from all over the world including five from Asia. Mongolia, Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam, Sri Lanka and Bhutan were all part of the new FIFA initiative. In the series hosted by Azerbaijan in …

The President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), Jaswar Umar, has said the FIFA Series will provide “positive learnings” and forward momentum to football in his country and others like it around the world. Sri Lanka is one of five host nations across three continents taking part in …

FIFA Member Associations (MA) have universally embraced the exciting challenges that the FIFA Series will bring. The tournaments, each involving four teams from different confederations and played in a single host country, have been designed to support Member Associations in organising international friendly matches against opponents from other parts of …

The FIFA Series during the upcoming Men’s International Match Calendar window in March 2024 will see world football’s governing body support its member associations in organising international friendly matches comprising four national teams from different confederations in a single host country, with six groups in total. The initiative will provide …

Egypt has been announced as a FIFA Series host with this year’s pilot phase expanded to an additional four teams. With Cairo as the host city, Croatia, Egypt, Tunisia and New Zealand will compete in international friendlies during the 22-26 March 2024 window. Following a decision taken by the FIFA …

Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea have been invited to play in the new FIFA Series pilot project this March. The initiative provides for a series of inter-confederation friendlies, to be played in a single host nation during international windows. This will provide nations with more regular opportunities to play international …

In line with the Strategic Objectives for the Global Game: 2023-2027 and following on from the decision taken by the FIFA Council in December 2022, FIFA will implement the pilot phase of the FIFA Series during the upcoming Men’s International Match Calendar window in March 2024. The FIFA Series will …