ABU DHABI, The annual meeting of the World Leagues Forum (WLF), which the UAE Pro League is hosting for the first time in the region, is set to kick off on Tuesday, 18th October, at the Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City Hotel in Dubai.
The two-day forum will be attended by an elite group of decision-makers at the most prominent organisations and football leagues around the world.
The WLF will see meetings and workshops to discuss issues related to reshaping the future of football, the governance, and rules of the game, the integrity, and coordination of international schedules, the regulation of transfers, and the regulation of agents and intermediaries.
The first day of the forum is scheduled to witness two expanded workshops, with the participation of many international organisations and football leagues, from 14:00 to 15:30, and from 16 to 17:30, while the expanded annual meeting of the forum will be held from 9:00 to 12:00 on Wednesday, 19th October.
The participating delegations began arriving today, including representatives from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the European Club Association, the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro), the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and the International Labor Organisation (ILO).
The meeting will also be held in the presence of the different football leagues’ representatives from England, Australia, Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Israel, Qatar, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, America, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe.
Source: Emirates News Agency