# FIFA Series

The FIFA Series, originally known as FIFA World Series, is a biennial invitational football competition promoted by FIFA that features international friendlies between national teams from different confederations, taking place in March of every even-numbered year. The first edition was held in March 2024.
The competition brings together men's national teams from all six FIFA confederations in a series of mini-tournaments, each consisting of four teams and held at a centralised venue during the FIFA match window in March of every even-numbered year. FIFA provides financial support to the participating national teams and is also in charge of organising the tournaments together with the host member association.

## History

On 16 December 2022, FIFA launched a friendly competition proposal, named the "FIFA World Series", in order to give national teams from different confederations more opportunities to play against each other. FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed the competition on 16 March 2023, following his re-election to the post during the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda.
The inaugural edition in 2024 acted as a pilot phase for the competition and was originally going to feature 5 series of 4 teams each to be held in 4 host countries during the FIFA match window from 18 to 26 March 2024. Eventually the FIFA Series: Egypt was added for a total of 6 series and 24 teams in the inaugural edition.
Following the success of the pilot phase, Infantino announced the second edition in 2026 during his speech at the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2024.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2024 | Algeria | Algeria | | Bolivia | South Africa | | Andorra |
| 2024 | Azerbaijan | Bulgaria | | Azerbaijan | Tanzania | | Mongolia |
| 2024 | Egypt | Croatia | 4–2 | Egypt | Tunisia | 0–0 (4–2 p) | New Zealand |
| 2024 | Saudi Arabia (A) | Cape Verde | | Guyana | Equatorial Guinea | | Cambodia |
| 2024 | Saudi Arabia (B) | Guinea | | Brunei | Bermuda | | Vanuatu |
| 2024 | Sri Lanka | Central African Republic | | Sri Lanka | Papua New Guinea | | Bhutan |
| 2025 | | | | |
    ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

## Participating nations

| Team | 2024 | 2025 | Years |
| AFC ||||
| Bhutan | 4th | | 1 |
| Brunei | 2nd | | 1 |
| Cambodia | 4th | | 1 |
| Mongolia | 4th | | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2nd | | 1 |
| CAF ||||
| Algeria | 1st | Q | 2 |
| Cape Verde | 1st | | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 1st | | 1 |
| Egypt | 2nd | | 1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3rd | | 1 |
| Guinea | 1st | | 1 |
| South Africa | 3rd | | 1 |
| Tanzania | 3rd | | 1 |
| Tunisia | 3rd | | 1 |
| CONCACAF ||||
| Bermuda | 3rd | | 1 |
| Guyana | 2nd | | 1 |
| CONMEBOL ||||
| Bolivia | 2nd | | 1 |
| OFC ||||
| New Zealand | 4th | | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3rd | | 1 |
| Vanuatu | 4th | | 1 |
| UEFA ||||
| Andorra | 4th | | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 2nd | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1st | | 1 |
| Croatia | 1st | | 1 |

### Legend

| 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place | 4th – Fourth place   — Hosts Q – Qualified (Invited) |