FIFA has finally announced a first sponsor for its revamped Club World Cup in a deal that will brand video review checks at games in the United States next year. FIFA says Chinese consumer electronics firm Hisense will have “branding appearing in the video operation room and on pitchside screens” when referees study key incidents.
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Chinese consumer electronics firm Hisense will have “branding appearing in the video operation room and on pitchside screens,” FIFA said in a statement, when match officials study key incidents in the 32-team tournament being played in 11 American cities from June 15 to July 13. Though no previous FIFA tournament has had a sponsor for video reviews since the technology was approved before the men’s 2018 World Cup in Russia, HisenseLess than eight months before the Club World Cup opens — with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami hosting the first game of a tournament that sees Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich play their first competitive games in the U.S. — it now has one sponsor but still lacks any broadcast deals.
The new Hisense deal “paves the way for further sponsorship deals for FIFA’s new flagship club competition to be announced in the coming weeks,” soccer’s world body said.Reviews of referee decisions in key incidents — for goals, penalty awards and red cards — can extend to at least two minutes, despite FIFA’s aimHisense first signed up as a FIFA sponsor for the 2018 World Cup and it renewed for the 2022 edition in Qatar.
The television and laptops manufacturer also signed its first sponsor deal with UEFA, when Infantino was still the European soccer body’s general secretary, ahead of Euro 2016.
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