JAKARTA - Brazil has applied to FIFA to host the 2029 Club World Cup. Launching ESPN, the request was made during a meeting of officials from the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) during FIFA President Gianni Infantino's visit to Rio de Janeiro on Monday, January 26, 2026, local time.
Infantino is in Brazil to officially launch the journey to the 2027 Women's World Cup, which will be held in eight cities in Brazil for the first time.
During the visit, the FIFA President met with the coach of the Brazilian National Team, Carlo Ancelotti, CBF President and Vice President Samir Xaud and Gustavo Dias Henrique, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia.
Over the weekend, Infantino also discussed topics related to the 2027 Women's World Cup with Brazilian sports leaders, in addition to watching the match between Fluminense and Flamengo, for the Carioca Championship.
The CBF has been working behind the scenes for months to try to bring the Club World Cup to Brazil.
FIFA did not hold a bidding process for the 2025 tournament. Instead, the FIFA Council unanimously appointed the United States to host the event, which was expanded to 32 teams.
To date, FIFA has not announced how the formal bidding process for the 2029 Club World Cup will proceed.
In June 2025, Xaud also made an approach. He was next to Infantino at the match between Flamengo and LAFC, during the 2025 Club World Cup group stage in the United States.
"This is a topic I discussed with FIFA President Infantino. I see it positively, especially because Brazilian football showed its potential in this Club World Cup."
"I believe that this conversation will continue for a while, but hopefully Brazil will host the 2029 Club World Cup."
"(Infantino's reaction after Brazil offered to host) was positive."
"Infantino is someone who loves Brazilian football very much. He smiles and is happy that the CBF has provided Brazil to host the championship."
"So, I believe that this dialogue and negotiation will happen. Hopefully we will bring the Club World Cup to Brazil."
"It's very close (Brazil hosting the Club World Cup). But we need to sit down and consider the pros and cons."
"If it depends on the CBF and the CBF President, we will bring this Club World Cup to Brazil," Xaud said, recounting what he had discussed with Infantino during the Flamengo vs LAFC match.
For the 2029 Club World Cup, the only Brazilian team so far to have guaranteed a place is Flamengo, who secured a place by winning the 2025 Conmebol Libertadores.
Meanwhile, FIFA officially launched the journey to the 2027 Women's World Cup with an exciting and culturally oriented celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, which combined football, music, art, and Brazilian style in one of the most iconic locations in the world.
The event marked a significant milestone in the journey towards the first Women's World Cup to be hosted in South America, by introducing the tournament's emblem, slogan 'GO EPIC', and a distinctive voice identity inspired by the vibrant Brazilian voices to unite fans across every platform and touchpoint.
"The World Cup in Brazil, in 2027, the Women's World Cup, will be the World Cup that the whole world has been waiting for."
"The whole world wants to come to Brazil, to create a football party in the biggest football country. I am sure this will be the most beautiful, most extraordinary and most epic World Cup in history."
"All the national teams are very strong, the athletes are getting more technical and physical. The host cities are all spectacular. We are in Rio de Janeiro, but we also have Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Recife, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Brasilia."
"We are all ready for this event, which will start in 515 days. The world will witness something spectacular. The first Women's World Cup in Brazil, in South America."
"The first Women's World Cup in a football country. The only one!" Infantino said on Sunday, January 25, 2026, in Brazil.
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