The FIFA President has visited Uzbekistan where he attended the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024™ final between Brazil and Argentina and thanked the country’s sporting and government authorities for their successful hosting of the tournament.
Before the final, the FIFA President met the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Abdulla Aripov, to discuss football development in the country which has become the first in Central Asia to host a FIFA tournament. FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström and FIFA Special Football Advisor Youri Djorkaeff, a FIFA World Cup winner with France in 1998, accompanied Mr Infantino.
The FIFA President also met the President of the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) Abdulsalom Azizov, the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Adkham Ikramov, the UFA First Vice President and a former FIFA World Cup™ referee Ravshan Irmatov, the Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan (NOC) Oybek Komilov and the Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia Otabek Umarov.
