FIFA Executive Committee meeting, Zurich, 7/8 August 2009
Full support for German football association and referees
In view of the current refereeing scandal in Germany, the FIFA Executive Committee underlined its total support for the German football association (DFB) and the German legal authorities. The committee also voiced its entire satisfaction with the investigations being conducted by the DFB and the relevant judicial authorities, and expressed its full support for and trust in referees.
At its two-day meeting in Zurich under the chairmanship of President Joseph S. Blatter, the FIFA executive discussed this matter in detail and decided to await the final results of all investigations currently being conducted in Germany. Furthermore, the FIFA Committee for Ethics and Fair Play, chaired by Senes Erzik of Turkey, was asked to look into the matter and related consequences and to draw up a list of steps that could be taken if necessary. In this regard, the executive also unanimously confirmed that FIFA would never involve itself in betting in any form, as previously decided at the committee’s meeting in Buenos Aires on 5 July 2001.
With regard to the fight against racism, the executive supported the President’s proposed creation of a group of FIFA anti-racism ambassadors. This group will consist of leading players and coaches, both past and present, headed by Thierry Henry, who has already indicated that he would be willing and proud to accept such a role.
In other matters, the Executive Committee decided that, as of the 2006 event in Russia, the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship will be a U-20 competition and that the number of participating teams will be increased from 12 to 16, with the slots to be allocated as follows: hosts 1, AFC 3, CAF 2, CONCACAF 3, CONMEBOL 2, OFC 1 and UEFA 4. The committee also ratified the number of slots for each confederation at the next FIFA Women’s World Cup in China in 2007: hosts 1, AFC 2.5, CAF 2, CONCACAF 2.5, CONMEBOL 2, OFC 1 and UEFA 5.
The committee also received details regarding the tenders submitted for the European TV rights for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, before deciding to postpone a decision on this issue until the next committee meeting in August 2009. The members also expressed their satisfaction with the increase in the market value of these rights. A total of 22 tenders have been received. As for the Japanese TV rights for the FIFA World Cup™ in 2010 and 2014, the committee approved the acceptance of the tender from Dentsu. This does not include mobile telephone rights.
The joint FIFA/AFC Solidarity Fund for the victims of the tsunami disaster was also the subject of a detailed report, with the executive approving a proposal to form a task force composed of FIFA and AFC representatives and charged with distributing the funds raised.
In this connection, the executive ratified the decision reached by the Emergency Committee in January 2005 regarding FIFA’s allocation of USD 2 million to the fund, which has now received donations totalling USD 10 million.
The Korea Football Association was confirmed as the host of the FIFA U-17 World Championship in 2007, as was an increase in the size of the field for the event – from 16 to 24 teams. The 24 final competition places will be distributed among the confederations as follows: hosts 1, AFC 4, CAF 4, CONCACAF 4, CONMEBOL 4, UEFA 4, OFC 2 and one additional place for the confederation of the winning team in the 2005 event.
The Executive Committee approved the definitive lifting of FIFA’s suspension of the Kenya Football Federation and the provisional lifting of the suspension imposed on the Macau Football Association, the latter on the provision that the association follows the recommendations drawn up jointly by FIFA and AFC. The Zanzibar football association’s application for admission to FIFA was rejected since Zanzibar is not an independent state recognised by the international community at present, nor is it likely to be in the foreseeable future (article 10 of the FIFA Statutes). In relation to this decision, the committee also sanctioned regulations governing the admission of associations to FIFA, thus fulfilling the requirements of article 1 paragraph 4 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes.
In view of recent infringements of article 61.2 and 13.1 (d) of the FIFA Statutes by the Venezuelan football association, the Executive Committee agreed that the association would automatically be suspended from FIFA if internal elections that were originally scheduled for 5 August 2009 and now planned for 12 August 2009 had not been held by 19 August 2009. One of the repercussions of this suspension would be a ban on all international activities involving the Venezuelan football association.
The South African Football Association’s proposal regarding its Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ was also endorsed. The South African LOC will be headed up by Irvin Khoza (LOC President), Molefi Oliphant (SAFA President) and Danny Jordaan (CEO).
The Executive Committee also approved the FIFA Finance Committee’s proposal to raise the annual remuneration of the executive members from USD 50,000 to USD 100,000 in view of the increase in workload, and to create a pension scheme similar to the one in place at UEFA. Retiring members of the Executive Committee will be entitled to receive a pension provided that they have served for at least eight years. Retirement payments will be made for the same number of years that the member served on the committee and will automatically terminate if the member passes away before expiry of that period. Formula: 3% of USD 100,000 x number of years served.
Furthermore, the executive took note of reports on the following topics:
- FIFA’s finances (financial press conference in Zurich on 26 April)
- 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, including information on the project for referees and assistant referees for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™
- FIFA World Youth Championship (Netherlands, 10 June – 2 July 2005)
- FIFA Confederations Cup (Germany, 15 – 29 August 2009). The executive also approved the Organising Committee’s proposal for a five-day period of release (as was also the case for the tournaments in 2001 and 2003).
- FIFA U-17 World Championship (Peru, 15 September – 2 August 2009)
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Brazil, 8 – 15 August 2009)
- Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board (Cardiff, Wales, 26 February 2005)
- 55th Ordinary FIFA Congress (Marrakech, 11/12 August 2009).
FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World
Cup
Feb.
1, 2005
As
part of its efforts to promote and develop football, in all its forms,
throughout the world, FIFA is delighted to announce another innovation
in its competition portfolio: the launch of the first ever FIFA Beach
Soccer World Cup. FIFA is convinced that Beach Soccer is and will increasingly
become an important and attractive part of the sport of football. Therefore,
world football’s governing body has decided to create FIFA Beach
Soccer S.L. (FBSSL), a new subsidiary with offices in Barcelona, exclusively
dedicated to organising the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup annually, as of
2005, and to developing the game on a worldwide level. Henceforth, FIFA
will act as the governing body of Beach Soccer.
Although
the format of the event is currently being finalised and may be subject
to amendment, it is anticipated that the inaugural FIFA Beach Soccer World
Cup will take place in Brazil in 2005. Twelve countries, from across FIFA's
confederation zones, will take part.
Previously,
the sport of Beach Soccer, including the Beach Soccer World Championships
held annually between 1995 and 2004, was run principally by the Spanish-based
group Beach Soccer World Wide (BSWW), with FIFA's endorsement but without
its direct involvement. Henceforth, FIFA will leverage the talents of
the key staff of BSWW – comprising some of the most experienced individuals
in the field – in organising the new FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
In this way, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will, with immediate effect,
become the undisputed premier event of the Beach Soccer calendar.
“Beach
Soccer is an immensely attractive and exciting variation of association
football. Since being introduced just over a decade ago, the sport has
grown steadily in terms of popularity and sophistication,” remarked
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. “It is therefore absolutely logical
for FIFA, the governing body of football, to extend its reach into Beach
Soccer and we look forward to bringing all of the knowledge and expertise
that FIFA has to improving Beach Soccer, whilst being careful to preserve
the sense of spontaneity and fun that are essential to the sport.”
“We
are delighted with this announcement,” said Luis Felipe Tavares,
President of BSWW. “We have worked hard for many years to build up
the reputation and quality of Beach Soccer. Now, by joining forces with
FIFA to create the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, we are ensuring that we
are pushing the sport to the next level in terms of quality, recognition
and prominence.” FIFA will release further details in the months
ahead.
FIFA
launches invitation to tender for sports equipment supplier
As
a key component of its commercial strategy for the 2007-2014 period, FIFA
has elected to conduct a public tender for the right to supply FIFA and
its flagship event - the FIFA World Cup™ - with the essential football
equipment it needs to stage its wide range of tournaments, including the
official match balls and the referee uniforms.
The
tender will comprise the rights to supply football equipment and to acquire
core sponsorship rights in the sports apparel product category in relation
to FIFA’s 2007-2014 commercial programme, including both the 2010
and 2014 FIFA World Cups.
The
tender procedure, which will be overseen by FIFA’s Marketing &
TV division, is a reflection of FIFA’s policy of transparency, compliance
with applicable competition law principles, and its wish to give all interested
parties the opportunity to bid for the right to supply sporting equipment
to an event of the global stature of the FIFA World Cup™.
FIFA
will shortly release details of the tender process, together with more
information on the dates by which it expects the appointment to have been
made. The official publication and launch of the invitation to tender
will take place during August 2009.
Dual
nationality: initial benefits of new FIFA Statutes already evident
In
Doha (Qatar) on 19 April 2004, the Extraordinary FIFA Congress ratified
the new Statutes of world football's governing body, which came into force
on 1 April 2004. One provision in particular, article 15 of the new Regulations
Governing the Application of the Statutes
www.fifa.com/en/organisation/statutes/index.html,
attracted the
attention of many.
Under
the terms of this new provision, up to his 21st birthday, a player who
has represented an Association team in one or more matches of an official
competition may henceforth request to change the Association for which
he is eligible, provided that he fulfils the following criteria:
-he has not played at "A" international level for the
Association for which he is eligible at the time he submitted the request;
-he had dual nationality (or more than two nationalities), at the time
of his first appearance in an international match in an official competition
of any category. Therefore, this provision does not apply to any
players who have been naturalised after having already represented one
Association. Consequently, FIFA has rejected the request submitted by
Murat Mogomedov, a Russian player but now a naturalised Israeli, as he
has already played for Russia.
Any
player who fulfils the above criteria may only once request to change
the Association for which he is eligible. Changing Associations is not
permitted during the preliminary competition of a FIFA competition, continental
championship or the Olympic Tournaments if a player has already been fielded
in a match of one of these competitions.
Any
player who fulfils the above conditions must submit a request to FIFA
through the Association wishing to enrol him. The FIFA Players' Status
Committee is responsible for ruling on such matters.
Furthermore,
FIFA has also introduced a transitional period, which shall only apply
throughout 2004, to allow players over the age of 21 to benefit from the
above provision, provided that they fulfil the relevant criteria.
"The
sheer number of requests that we received in the days following the coming
into force of article 15 of the new Regulations Governing the Application
of the Statutes merely confirms the need for this provision, which was
unanimously approved at the Extraordinary Congress in Doha by the
Associations from all around the world," said FIFA President Joseph
S. Blatter.
A
number of players and Associations have already submitted requests to
FIFA ahead of the forthcoming African Cup of Nations. Consequently, FIFA
yesterday approved requests to change Associations submitted by Frédéric
Oumar Kanouté (Mali), Mohamed Lamine Sissoko (Mali) and Lamine
Sakho (Senegal), who all represented France at youth level on one or more
occasion. Similarly, requests submitted by Anther Yahia, Abdenasser Ouadah
and Samir Beloufa (all Algeria), and Adel Chedly (Tunisia), who all represented
France at youth level in the past, were approved at the end of April 2004
and came into force on 1 April 2004.
FIFA
purchases Credit Suisse property near Zurich zoo
FIFA
has purchased the Credit Suisse Sports Centre, located near to the Zurich
zoo. World football's governing body intends to build a new Operations
Centre on this land, with construction work to be completed by 2006.
FIFA
has long been searching for a suitable piece of land on which to build
a new Operations Centre. Approximately 30 locations in and around Zurich
were evaluated during a lengthy process, and with the property belonging
to Credit Suisse near to the zoo, FIFA has now found land that fully meets
its
requirements in terms of size, location and transport connections.
FIFA
President Joseph S. Blatter expressed his delight at the successful conclusion
of negotiations with Credit Suisse: "FIFA's home is in Zurich and
we want to make better use of the advantages that such a location brings.
By purchasing this land, we will soon be able to bring all of our operational
activities together under one roof."
FIFA
moved to purchase this land in view of the restricted space in the Sonnenberg
area of Zurich, which has been home to FIFA since the 1950s. Despite the
renovation of the former Hotel Sonnenberg, there is still insufficient
room in FIFA's properties in Hitzigweg and Aurorastrasse to house FIFA,
which has grown considerably in recent decades. FIFA currently employees
approximately 200 people, including the 80 who make up FIFA
Marketing AG in Zug. However, these employees are spread out over six
different locations, causing a great deal of logistical problems.
FIFA
has already held discussions with the City of Zurich regarding this project,
which will also incorporate a football pitch as well as the new Operations
Centre. The legal position has also been analysed with the municipal authorities.
In accordance with an agreement reached with Credit Suisse, the current
sports centre and restaurant will stay open until the end of April 2004.
Teams
announced for FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003
FIFA
has today announced the final rosters for the eight teams taking part
in the FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003.
The
full squad lists are given below. In addition to the lists, a series of
facts and figures regarding the players have been added.
FIFA
Communications Division
Paris, 12 April 2004
FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003: Official Rosters - version 1 Full
version at http://www.fifa.com
BRAZIL
1 GK DIDA
2 DF BELLETTI
3 DF LUCIO
4 DF JUAN
5 MF EMERSON
6 DF GILBERTO
7 MF RONALDINHO
8 MF KLEBERSON
9 FW ADRIANO
10 MF RICARDINHO
11 MF GIL
12 GK JULIO CESAR
13 DF MAURINHO
14 DF FABIO LUCIANO
15 DF EDU DRACENA
16 DF KLEBER
17 MF EDUARDO COSTA
18 MF DUDU
19 MF ADRIANO DE SOUZA
20 MF ALEX
21 FW ILAN
22 FW LUIS FABIANO
23 GK FABIO
CAMEROON
1 GK KAMENI Idriss
2 DF TCHATO Bill
3 MF NDOUMBE Perrier
4 DF SONG Rigobert
5 DF ATOUBA Thimothee
6 DF NJANKA Pierre
7 FW EMANA Achille
8 DF GEREMI
9 FW ETOO Samuel
10 MF MBAMI Modeste
11 FW NDIEFI Pius
12 GK KWEKEU Eric
13 DF METTOMO Lucien
14 MF EPALLE Joel
15 FW BAHOKEN Gustave
16 FW MEZAGUE Valery
17 MF FOE Marc-Vivien
18 FW IDRISSOU Mohamadou
19 FW DJEMBA DJEMBA Eric
20 DF OLEMBE Salomon
21 FW JOB Joseph-Desire
22 FW NGON ADJAM Parfait
23 GK EBOUE Andre
COLOMBIA
1 GK CORDOBA Oscar
2 DF CORDOBA Ivan
3 DF YEPES Mario
4 DF RAMOS Edgar
5 DF MERA Jose
6 DF VALLEJO Gerardo
7 FW BECERRA Elson
8 MF VALENTIERRA Arnulfo
9 FW ARISTIZABAL Victor
10 MF HERNANDEZ Giovanni
11 MF MURILLO Elkin
12 GK HENAO Juan Carlos
13 FW ALCAZAR Herly
14 MF DIAZ Oscar
15 MF VELASQUEZ Ruben Dario
16 FW ARRIAGA Eudalio
17 FW ARZUAGA Martin
18 MF LOPEZ Jorge
19 DF MOSQUERA Andres
20 DF BEDOYA Gerardo
21 MF PATINO Jairo
22 GK MARTINEZ Luis
23 DF MARTINEZ Gonzalo
FRANCE
1 GK LANDREAU Mickael
2 DF MEXES Philippe
3 DF LIZARAZU Bixente
4 DF BOUMSONG Jean-Alain
5 DF GALLAS William
6 MF DACOURT Olivier
7 MF PIRES Robert
8 DF DESAILLY Marcel
9 FW CISSE Djibril
10 MF GIULY Ludovic
11 MF WILTORD Sylvain
12 FW HENRY Thierry
13 DF SILVESTRE Mikael
14 MF ROTHEN Jerome
15 DF THURAM Lilian
16 GK BARTHEZ Fabien
17 MF KAPO Oliver
18 MF PEDRETTI Benoit
19 DF SAGNOL Willy
20 FW MARLET Steve
21 MF DABO Ousmane
22 FW GOVOU Sidney
23 GK COUPET Gregory
JAPAN
1 GK NARAZAKI Seigo
2 DF NARAHASHI Akira
3 DF AKITA Yutaka
4 DF MORIOKA Ryuzo
5 MF INAMOTO Junichi
6 DF HATTORI Toshihiro
7 MF NAKATA Hidetoshi
8 MF OGASAWARA Mitsuo
9 FW OKUBO Yoshito
10 MF NAKAMURA Shunsuke
11 MF MATSUI Daisuke
12 GK DOI Yoichi
13 MF OKU Daisuke
14 MF SANTOS Alessandro
15 MF MYOJIN Tomokazu
16 MF NAKATA Koji
17 DF MIYAMOTO Tsuneyasu
18 FW NAGAI Yuichiro
19 MF ENDO Yasuhito
20 FW TAKAHARA Naohiro
21 DF TSUBOI Keisuke
22 DF YAMADA Nobuhisa
23 GK KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu
NEW
ZEALAND
1 GK BATTY Jason
2 DF OUGHTON Duncan
3 DF MULLIGAN David
4 DF ZORICICH Chris
5 DF HAY Danny
6 DF WILKINSON Gavin
7 MF VICELICH Ivan
8 MF LINES Aaran
9 MF BURTON Mark
10 MF JACKSON Chris
11 FW KILLEN Chris
12 GK UTTING Mike
13 FW BOUCKENOOGHE Chris
14 DF NELSEN Ryan
15 FW SMELTZ Shane
16 FW COVENY Vaughan
17 MF DE GREGORIO Raf
18 DF SMITH Scott
19 MF ELLIOTT Simon
20 DF DAVIS Gerard
21 MF HICKEY Noah
22 MF WILSON Michael
23 GK PASTON Mark
TURKEY
1 GK RECBER Rustu
2 DF SONKAYA Fatih
3 DF KORKMAZ Bulent
4 DF AKYEL Fatih
5 DF OZALAN Alpay
6 MF PENBE Ergun
7 MF KORKUT Tayfun
8 MF ARSLAN Volkan
9 FW SANLI Tuncay
10 MF BASTURK Yildiray
11 FW KAHVECI Nihat
12 GK CATKIC Omer
13 DF YILDIRIM Ahmet
14 DF BARIS Deniz
15 DF UZULMEZ Ibrahim
16 FW YILMAZ Okan
17 DF CETIN Servet
18 FW KARTAL Huseyin
19 FW ATES Necati
20 MF SAHIN Selcuk
21 MF TORAMAN Ibrahim
22 MF KARADENIZ Gokdeniz
23 GK SAHIN Murat
USA
1 GK CANNON Joe
2 DF HEJDUK Frankie
3 DF BERHALTER Gregg
4 MF MASTROENI Pablo
5 DF VANNEY Greg
6 DF CHERUNDOLO Steve
7 MF LEWIS Eddie
8 MF STEWART Earnie
9 MF KIROVSKI Jovan
10 FW DONOVAN Landon
11 FW MATHIS Clint
12 DF BOCANEGRA Carlos
13 MF MARTINO Kyle
14 MF ARMAS Chris
15 MF CONVEY Bobby
16 DF CALIFF Danny
17 MF BEASLEY DaMarcus
18 GK HOWARD Tim
19 GK HAHNEMANN Marcus
20 FW TWELLMAN Taylor
21 FW CUNNINGHAM Jeff
22 MF KLEIN Chris
23 DF GIBBS Cory
Players
Facts & Figures
Overall
Average Age (Years/Months) : 26/01
Oldest Team : New Zealand: 27/05
Youngest Team : Cameroon 24/03
Youngest Player: KAMENI Idriss (CMR/GK) - 18.02.1984
Oldest Player: DESAILLY Marcel(FRA) - 07.09.1968
Tallest players: Dida (BRA) and Danny Hay (NZL) - 195 cm
Smallest player: Chris Bouckenooghe (NZL) - 160 cm
Heaviest player: Marcus Hahnemann (USA/GK) - 100 kg
Lightest player: DaMarcus Beasley (USA) - 57 kg
Total
of players who participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup: 61
Brazil 6, Cameroon 13, France 10, Japan 15, Turkey 8, USA 9
Out
of the 184 players registered to participate in the 2003 FIFA
Confederations Cup, only one has made over 100 appearances for his country:
French captain Marcel Desailly current total stands at 104.
More
than a dozen players have yet to make a single appearance for their respective
national teams and hope to make their debut during 2003 FIFA Confederations
Cup.
Kiwi
striker Vaughan Coveny is topping the list of the most successful strikers
with 22 goals followed by the French duo Thierry Henry (18) and Silvain
Wiltord (16).
FIFA
Executive Committee in principle in favour of increasing World Cup finalist
slots from 32 to 36
At
a meeting held in Zurich today - Saturday, May 3, 2003 - the FIFA
Executive Committee agreed to raise the number of finalist places at the
2006 FIFA World Cup(tm) from 32 to 36, but only on condition that a match
schedule be drawn up that ensured the sporting credibility of the event.
A final decision will be passed at the next meeting of the executive in
Paris at the end of April 2004.
The South American confederation, CONMEBOL, had submitted a request to
have the number of slots for the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm) raised from 32
to 36 at the Executive Committee meeting in Zurich on 6/7 March 2003.
During the meeting today that lasted more than seven hours under the
chairmanship of President Joseph S. Blatter, the executive body of 24
members furthermore decided to transfer the 4th FIFA Women's World Cup
2003, due to be staged in PR China from 23 September to 11 October, to
another country. In reaching this decision, the executive complied with
a unanimous recommendation from the Sports Medical Committee of football's
world governing body (chairman: Dr Michel D'Hooghe, Belgium). The committee
had undertaken a detailed investigation of the unstable health situation
in China, which is seriously affected by the SARS epidemic (severe acute
respiratory syndrome) and had advised against holding the world championship
in China after consulting experts at the World Health Organisation and
specialists in epidemiology and travel medicine in universities throughout
Europe.
To date, the USA and Australia have expressed interest in staging the
competition. The FIFA administration will be clarifying the situation
over
the next few weeks, especially with regard to the timing of the
championship. The final competition should, ideally, coincide with the
timing of that originally planned for China. Either the FIFA Emergency
or
Executive Committee will pass the final decision. At the same time, the
Executive Committee announced that the Women's World Cup in the year 2007
would be awarded to China.
With regard to the planned revision of the FIFA Statutes, the new version
of which will be put to the vote at the FIFA Congress in Qatar in October,
the Executive Committee discussed several points in the current amendment
stage.The next step will be to dispatch the revised draft for comment
to the confederations and national associations.
Furthermore, the executive body directed FIFA and the Asian Football
Confederation, AFC, to devise a plan to rebuild football in Iraq and to
ensure its implementation.
Finally the members ratified a decision passed by the Emergency Committee
to suspend the association of Azerbaijan.
Roberto
Carlos' appeal rejected
The
Chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee, Rafael Salguero Sandoval (Guatemala),
has rejected the appeal lodged by Roberto Carlos (Brazil) against the
decision announced on 7 April 2004, provisionally suspending the player
from all competitive and friendly matches with the Brazilian national
team.
On 29 March 2003, Roberto Carlos was sent off during a friendly match
between Portugal and Brazil for having intentionally pushed the referee,
Mr Alon Yefet (Israel). The referee's report and the video recordings
of the match led to the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee Chairman
- Marcel Mathier (Switzerland) - to provisionally suspend the player.
Roberto Carlos lodged his appeal against this decision on 8 April 2004.
Having viewed the video recording of the match and having read the referee's
report, the Chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee is of the opinion that
there is sufficient evidence to support the provisional suspension, and
that the regulations have been applied correctly. The player's appeal
has therefore been rejected.
A final decision will be taken in this matter at the next meeting of the
FIFA Disciplinary Committee, in Zurich on 9 May.
MasterCard - Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm)
MasterCard
has taken up its option to become an Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA
World Cup Germany(tm) and to support additional FIFA tournaments taking
place from 2003 through 2006. FIFA and MasterCard today announced the
sponsorship at a press conference in Berlin attended by FIFA President
Joseph S. Blatter and the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee for
the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm), Franz Beckenbauer. The company's product
category includes all real and/or virtual payment and/or account access
systems including credit cards, charge cards, ATM cards and networks,
and travellers' cheques. MasterCard completes the Official Partner Sponsorship
Programme for the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm), joining the following companies:
adidas, Avaya, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Continental, Deutsche Telekom, Emirates,
Gillette, Fujifilm, Hyundai, McDonald's, Philips, Toshiba and Yahoo!
MasterCard
International first established a relationship with the FIFA World Cup(tm)
as the Official Card and Official Product Licensee of the 1990 FIFA World
Cup(tm) in Italy. Based on the success of 1990, MasterCard became an Official
Partner for the 1994 FIFA World Cup(tm) and has continuously supported
the event ever since. In addition to the FIFA World Cup(tm), MasterCard
sponsors FIFA additional events such as the FIFA U-17 World Championship,
FIFA World Youth Championship, FIFA Confederations Cup, as well as FIFA
World Cup(tm) qualification matches in Latin America. MasterCard is the
presenting sponsor for the FIFA Women's World Cup China PR
2003.
"15
leading global companies have committed themselves as Official Partners
of the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm), thus helping to ensure the success of
the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm). 12 of them also supported the 2002 FIFA World
Cup(tm)," said FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. "With MasterCard,
we have another long-time Official Partner on board for the 2006 event.
This clearly shows that sponsoring the FIFA World Cup(tm) goes beyond
backing the event financially."
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