The inaugural FIFA Women's Club World Cup will take place in January 2028, soccer's global governing body said on Wednesday, with the tournament scheduled for mid-season in Europe's top domestic leagues.

By comparison, the Club World Cup, which was controversially expanded from seven teams to 32 and shoehorned into the soccer calendar, had a total prize fund of $1 billion. The top prize for the winning team was worth up to $125 million for a tournament that faced fierce resistance from players and leagues and drew sparse crowds for some matches.

While the Club World Cup receives a four-year overhaul, new competition the FIFA Intercontinental Cup was established in its place from 2024.

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The 16-team tournament will take place in the same year as the LA Olympic Games and midway through the European domestic football season.

Football Supporters Europe (FSE) has called on FIFA to immediately halt sales of national team allocations for next year's World Cup, accusing football's governing body of imposing "extortionate" ticket prices that risk shutting ordinary fans out of the tournament.

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The fund marks a 50 per cent increase from the 2022 tournament in Qatar and will see the winners of the competition earning $50million.