UEFA is set to end its threat to boycott FIFA competitions, clearing the way for the U-20 Women's World Cup to be held next month in Poland.
Multiple reports on Wednesday, Aug. 26, said UEFA has received assurances from FIFA that it would not revive its controversial plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup, which the European governing body said was needed to lift its boycott.
UEFA executives are set to make the decision final at a meeting of its executive committee and federation chiefs in Monaco on Thursday, Aug. 27.
The confederation is expected to plan further actions to challenge the position of FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Earlier this month, UEFA said it's lost confidence in Infantino's leadership.
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UEFA had said earlier this month that its boycott of FIFA competitions still stands, despite the end of the controversial private investment plan that sparked the threat in the first place.
The European governing body said that in addition to the end of the proposal, it would not end its boycott until it had "assurances such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again."
The fate of the U-20 Women's World Cup appeared to be in doubt amid the boycott threat, but the competition from Sept. 5-27 in Poland now looks set to proceed.
After naming her roster for the competition, U.S. head coach Vicky Jepson said last week that she believed the tournament would proceed as planned.
"I know there's a lot of noise around it, but that noise hasn't slipped into our camp, and it's certainly something that I've not been concerned about because the federation has never once said to me that there's a concern about this tournament going ahead," Jepson said.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: UEFA dropping FIFA boycott threat ahead of U-20 Women's World Cup
