The scheduling of the inaugural Girls’s Membership World Cup could possibly be “catastrophic”, says the Girls’s Tremendous League.
FIFA has introduced the event will happen from January 5-30, 2028, with the league writing formally to the world governing physique to lift “significant concern” over what the schedule will imply for the home soccer calendar and participant welfare.
“The timing of that tournament causes us significant concern,” a WSL spokesperson mentioned.
“At best, it is inconvenient and is going to cause real scheduling issues for us. At worst, it’s catastrophic for the game in this country, for our commercial programme and more importantly, for the welfare of our players.”
The WSL says the scheduling of the worldwide 16-team event might influence as much as 5 match rounds of the league and fixtures could possibly be moved to midweek.
The event going down in the course of the 2027/28 season could be bookended by a World Cup and the Olympics.
“If that tournament is also in a different time zone and there needs to be travel and then rest, recovery and training ahead of a tournament and the same back the other way, we could be moving a lot of fixtures,” a WSL spokesperson added.
“We know Arsenal will participate as current holders of the Champions League. Based on the current coefficient, if they use that, Chelsea would probably qualify. But there could be more than two of our teams.”
Sky Sports activities Information has been advised the WSL is just not in opposition to the idea of a Membership World Cup and desires to provide golf equipment and gamers the chance to compete on the highest degree, however would relatively it’s performed in the summertime throughout a fallow 12 months.
A WSL spokesperson additionally added that there have been considerations amongst golf equipment and gamers in regards to the schedule.
Sky Sports activities Information has contacted FIFA for remark.
Final 12 months, FIFA introduced the inaugural Girls’s Champions Cup, which takes place this month.
The event unites the six continental champions, who compete for the title in seasons the place the Girls’s Membership World Cup is just not held, and following two early spherical fixtures, 4 sides stay for the showcase occasion in London.
Sky Sports activities will solely broadcast all matches, kicking off with Gotham FC vs SC Corinthians (12.30pm) and Arsenal Girls vs ASFAR (6pm), with each semi-finals being held at Brentford’s Gtech Neighborhood Stadium on Wednesday, January 28.
The third-place play-off (2.45pm) and remaining (6pm) will then be hosted at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium 4 days in a while Sunday, February 1.
