Wanda becomes FIFA partner. The great era of football in China is coming

Late at night on March 18, Beijing time, FIFA announced at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland: Wanda Group has become a FIFA Partner.

Wanda will enjoy all FIFA competition rights from 2016 to 2030, with special emphasis on this including the rights to the 2030 World Cup.

FIFA Partner is FIFA's highest sponsor series and enjoys the highest sponsorship rights.

This is the first time in FIFA history that it has welcomed partners from China. What's the point? Ming Ming brings you the most timely and exclusive interpretation.

Before Wanda Group, there were only five FIFA partners, namely Adidas, Coca-Cola, GAZPROM (Russian Gas), Hyundai and Kia, and VISA. In other words, Wanda has become the sixth highest-level sponsor of FIFA and officially entered the list of FIFA's six top kings.

Wanda has become one of FIFA's six biggest kings, and China has a chance to bid for the 2030 World Cup!

According to FIFA's sponsorship strategy, the number of top sponsor partners is 6-8. In addition, there will be 6-8 World Cup sponsors for each World Cup. Below this, there will be a maximum of 20 regional sponsors. Sponsors, each of the five continents: Europe, North Central America, Africa and Asia has a maximum of 4 regional sponsors.

FIFA Partner at the top of the sponsorship series will enjoy all the rights and benefits enjoyed by World Cup sponsors and regional sponsors, so it is the top sponsor.

Wanda Group's logo will be displayed on the official FIFA website and the background board of all FIFA events.

These are all small matters. The most important thing is that Wanda, one of the six major gold donors, will have an unprecedented say in FIFA.

2. Goal 2030 World Cup!

Wanda has become one of FIFA's six biggest kings, and China has a chance to bid for the 2030 World Cup!

Ming said that Wanda's sponsorship will pave the way for China to bid for the 2030 World Cup.

Judging from the current anti-corruption process of the World Cup, it is extremely unlikely that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be held elsewhere.

Judging from all aspects of information, FIFA has overhauled the plan for the hosting rights of the 2026 World Cup, and there is basically no possibility that Asia can continue to bid. Therefore, China can only bid for the 2030 World Cup at the earliest.

Therefore, this sponsorship contract signed until 2030 is very interesting. FIFA specifically emphasized in an official press release that Wanda Group's sponsorship will include the 2030 World Cup.

After the wavering news came out from the most loyal sponsor ADIDAS, everyone understood how important Wanda's move was to FIFA.

FIFA has also expressed its support for China's bid for the World Cup many times through various channels.

3. Twenty years of great chess have gone to the middle game.

Nowadays, we can vaguely see that Wanda is playing a big game of chess in football. This chess game has reached the middle game. Becoming a FIFA Player is an important step in the center of this game.

We believe that this game of chess can start from the 2012 Wanda Hope Plan to the 2030 World Cup, with a duration of 20 years.

Wanda has become one of FIFA's six biggest kings, and China has a chance to bid for the 2030 World Cup!

Now, let's make a review for readers. Before this move, Wanda launched the Hope Star program in 2012, acquired Atletico Madrid in Spain in 2015, and acquired Swiss Infront Group in 2015...

If the acquisition of Atletico Madrid and Swiss Infront is layout, the Hope Star program is sowing seeds.

Wanda has become one of FIFA's six biggest kings, and China has a chance to bid for the 2030 World Cup!

The age groups of Wanda's four hopeful stars are concentrated in 1999-2002, and 2030 will be the year when they are born.

If the 2030 World Cup is held in China and several players from the Wanda Plan compete, it will really be a bit picturesque.

Wanda's relations in Spain, including Atletico Madrid, which became the second shareholder, may become a stepping stone for the top talents of this group of players to step into the center of the world stage.

No matter how you look at it, as long as the 2030 World Cup can be held in China, Wanda's 14 years of sponsorship of FIFA will be worth the ticket price.

4. China football is ushering in a big era

. Perhaps one thing that is more worth looking forward to and even exciting is that by the 2030 World Cup, China team may no longer be a fish belly team.

Because, at that time, the main age group was players born between 2000 and 2010, and the players in the 2010 age group were exactly 6 years old in 2016, which is this year.

Thinking about the booming school football that is now starting to flourish, how many more children will be exposed to football at the age of 6 today than ten years ago? How better is the environment than ten years ago?

If football reform can be effectively promoted and professional football can continue to prosper, we have reason to believe that these children will be able to make a difference in 2030.

For China football, the real big era has arrived.

Editor: queenie