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UEFA Maintains FIFA Boycott After Sale Plan Scrapped

8/6/2026

Summary

Story summary

UEFA will keep boycotting FIFA competitions after the sell-off plan was scrapped.
55 UEFA members voted to maintain the boycott and demand FIFA withdraw the competition-sale proposal.
FIFA apologized to its 211 members for abandoned commercial plan and will review the process.
FIFPRO called the proposal a “profound abuse of presidential power” and demanded reforms.
The boycott’s test will be the Women’s Under-20 World Cup in Poland, starting 5 September.

History

Historical Context

Since UEFA secretary Hans Bangerter floated a pan-European league in 1968, successive proposals—from the 1990 Milan-Madrid plan to Florentino Pérez’s 2016 advocacy—culminated in FIFA’s 2020 European Premier League draft and the April 2021 launch of a 12-club Super League that collapsed within days after FIFA, UEFA and national associations banned participants. The 2024 UEFA boycott of FIFA’s competition-sale proposal echoes that 2021 revolt.

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Story summary

UEFA will keep boycotting FIFA competitions after the sell-off plan was scrapped.
55 UEFA members voted to maintain the boycott and demand FIFA withdraw the competition-sale proposal.
FIFA apologized to its 211 members for abandoned commercial plan and will review the process.
FIFPRO called the proposal a “profound abuse of presidential power” and demanded reforms.
The boycott’s test will be the Women’s Under-20 World Cup in Poland, starting 5 September.

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