The future of the Confederations Cup is uncertain after FIFA president Gianni Infantino said "everything is on the table" as the tournament's future is reviewed.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is warning that the future of the Confederations Cup is uncertain beyond next year's competition in Russia.

Speaking ahead of the draw for the 2017 edition of the tournament, Infantino says it remains unclear how and when the following edition, provisionally set for 2021, will be played.

That's because the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be held in November and December, meaning the Confederations Cup would cause severe disruption to the club calendar if held in its traditional slot a year before the bigger tournament.

Infantino says "we are putting everything on the table" as FIFA officials discuss questions such as whether it should be played in June or November and does the format need reworking?

"We have next year the Confederations Cup, then we will have the World Cup in 2022 which will be played in November, as you know, and December of 2022," Infantino said.

"This means that we will have to look at the Confederations Cup in any case for that period. Because shall we play it in June, shall we play it in November, shall we think about the format? We are putting everything on the table, we are studying everything, no decisions have been taken on any topic in this respect. And I think it is normal that we discuss, that people can have their views and their opinions, like of course Mr Rummenigge, who is a good friend, and we will discuss it with every one and then we'll find the best solution for the future."

The Confederations Cup was founded in 1992 and since 2005 it has been held in the same nation as the upcoming World Cup host doubling as a test event for local organisers.

The six confederation champions, previous World Cup winners and tournament hosts enter the vent.

The 2017 edition will take place in Russia starting on the 17th of June.

Kazan, Russia. 26th November, 2016.

1. 00:00 Various exterior of Kazan Arena, 2018 Russia World Cup venue.

2. 00:38 Wide shot of Kazan Arena.

3. 00:50 Various of stands of Kazan Arena.

4. 01:17 President of Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and CEO of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Local Organising Committee Alexey Sorokin walking in for news conference.

5. 01:35 SOUNDBITE (English) Gianni Infantino, FIFA president:

(On the future of the Confederations Cup, and Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge having said 2017 will be the last edition of the Confederations Cup):

"We have next year the Confederations Cup, then we will have the World Cup in 2022 which will be played in November, as you know, and December of 2022. This means that we will have to look at the Confederations Cup in any case for that period. Because shall we play it in June, shall we play it in November, shall we think about the format? We are putting everything on the table, we are studying everything, no decisions have been taken on any topic in this respect. And I think it is normal that we discuss, that people can have their views and their opinions, like of course Mr Rummenigge, who is a good friend, and we will discuss it with every one and then we'll find the best solution for the future."

6. 02:37 Mutko and Infantino, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura and Sorokin attending the ceremony for the Kazan countdown clock to the 2018 World Cup.

7. 02:50 Close up of Infantino attending countdown ceremony.

9. 02:56 SOUNDBITE (English) Gianni Infantino, FIFA president:

(On the chance that Germany might not employ several top players in the Confederations Cup):

"Somebody really believes that the Germans don't take something seriously, and in particular a football tournament? You know the old definition of football? It's 22 players playing, and at the end the Germans win. So they will have a very strong team, and so will the others."

10. 03:19 Infantino, Samoura and Mutko attending countdown ceremony.

11. 03:27 SOUNDBITE (English) Gianni Infantino, FIFA president:

"The World Cup in Russia will be the first World Cup where officially we will use the Video Assistance Referee, to help the referees not to make mistakes, or not to make big mistakes. The World Cup, the football World Cup is the biggest event, it's the most important football competition, and if we can help a little bit the referee not to make big mistakes, well then we should take this opportunity."

12. 03:58 Infantino attending countdown ceremony (Upsound "We can count the days, the hours and even the seconds to the start of the World Cup")

13. 04:08 SOUNDBITE (English) Gianni Infantino, FIFA president:

(On the future of the Club World Cup):

"Club football is growing now also outside of Europe and South America, with clubs emerging and wanting to participate, and we need to see if we can find a stage for them, to involve them and to make the world of football benefit from that, then it will be welcome. If we cannot, then we continue. We are I think in this new era where we have to bring topics to the table to debate about competitions."

14. 04:39 News conference.

15 04:47 SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gianni Infantino, FIFA president:

(On Chilean fans):

"I was in Chile for last year's Copa America. and that was the heart of football. We had an amazing final in Santiago del Chile's stadium, the whole country watching the game, and that's when you see the love for the national team. Obviously there are also some issues that need to be fixed, we have to tell to everybody to come here to celebrate football, and not to cause troubles."

16. 05:38 Cutaway of Infantino at news conference.

17. 05:43 SOUNDBITE (English) Gianni Infantino, FIFA president:

(On FIFA disciplinary case regarding Bolivia fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier):

"This case is in front of our disciplinary bodies, everyone who has comments to make and those who are sending letters to me they know that as FIFA president I cannot in any case intervene and interfere. But of course the information and the different positions are handed over to the disciplinary bodies who will take the decisions having analysed all the documents. And they are also the masters of the timing, so I don't know when they will take the decision, obviously the sooner the better, so that we have a clear situation in this respect.

18. 06:27 Infantino and Mutko starting the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup countdown clock, with balloons flying in the air and fireworks, then leaving as smoke from fireworks fills the air.

19 06:50 Various close-ups of countdown clock.

DURATION: 07:00.

The Russian Cup final was played at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi on Tuesday (2nd May) - a dress rehearsal for the forthcoming Confederations Cup.

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The Confederations Cup starts on June the 17th - with the Fisht Stadium as one of the venues.

The arena was originally built to house the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

That done, a new use had to be found.

Football was the obvious answer - with the World Cup coming in 2018.

But to be compliant with FIFA regulations, the roof had to come off, and other remedial work undertaken.

Now completed, the structure was put to the test at Tuesday's Russian Cup final.

Lokomotiv defeat Ural thanks to two late goals - but the match will probably last longer in the memory for a mass brawl that erupted, deep in injury time.

Four red cards were shown - with further punishment likely to follow.

Tuesday also saw Russia's World Cup head and Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko provide further details on the ID system football fans will use for the most prestigious football tournament in the world.

Sochi, Russia - 2nd May 2017

1. 00:00 Various of the harbour

2. 00:21 Various of the World Cup 2018 countdown clock

3. 00:27 Various of the Fan ID centre exterior

4. 00:33 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko receiving fan ID

5. 00:44 Information screens

6. 00:47 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vitaly Mutko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister

"Everything is quick and comfortable, so I invite everyone once again to receive the Fan ID. I would like to explain that the Fan ID is an element of our security system and also an element of extra services. First of all, every person that has a (fan) ID, a foreign citizen, has an opportunity to cross the border of the Russian Federation with this ID, everything is inside, everything the (usual) passport has. This ID can be received here on the spot in any Fan ID Centre. We will open them close to stadiums during the World Cup. There is a decision now, special amendments to the law, that the foreign citizen can get an electronic version through e-mail that makes it possible to cross the border and then the electronic ID can be changed for an original one that he will use further."

7. 01:47 Mutko talking to journalists

8. 01:50 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Yuri Syomin, Lokomotiv coach

"My main feeling is that I'm delighted with our players. We had quite a complicated period, there were quite heavy defeats, there were not really quality games. But today they have reached the final very professionally and played with great quality, in my opinion, so we deserved this victory."

9. 02:31 Children's soccer team walking

10. 02:41 Volunteers greeting them, UPSOUND (Russian) "Hello dear city residents, we are happy to welcome you in the Olympic park!"

11. 02:50 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexander Tarkhanov, Ural coach

"The load of responsibility was too heavy, not everyone can stand this load. However in terms of performance I can't make any claims to anyone. Everybody moved, fought, but not everything turned out as we planned. But on the whole the game was good and there was lots of fighting. We didn't give full swing to Lokomotiv anyway. They shot at goal from middle and long-range and only (Igor) Denisov's shot gave them victory. The second goal was a consequence of tactics being changed."

12. Various of the Confederation's Cup ticket centre

SOURCE: SNTV

DURATION: 04:00

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SHOTLIST: Moscow, Russia. 3 February 2016.

1. 00:00 Former France international Christian Karembeu on stage holding the Confederations Cup

2. 00:06 Journalists

3. 00:11 Confederations Cup

4. 00:16 Countdown ceremony 500 days to the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017

5. 00:21 Screen showing players with cup and the emblem of the Confederations Cup 2017

6. 00:28 SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaly Mutko, Russian Sport Minister:

"We invite all fans, not only from Russia but also from the whole world to this tournament. Of course we want the Confederations Cup to take place on a (high) level so that the guests of this tournament would like to come to the World Cup. We hope that the Russian national team performs successfully at this tournament because the potential of our national team is unexplored."

7. 00:51 Football

8. 00:55 SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexei Sorokin, CEO of the Russia 2018 World Cup organising committee:

"It's important that the entry to Russia will be simplified. The visa-free entry will be guaranteed, as Russia stated in the proposal. As to transportation, we will provide shuttles between airports of all cities and the main objects of the Confederations Cup - stadiums and city centres."

9. 01:19 Journalists

10. 01:24 SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexei Sorokin, CEO of the Russia 2018 World Cup organising committee:

"Traditionally, the ticket sale starts after the draft. We expect the (ticket) sale to start in the beginning of December. Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything about the prices - it's the responsibility of the tournament organisers, the responsibility of FIFA."

11. 01:40 Officials on stage

12. 01:45 Screen showing stadia in Moscow, Kazan and Sochi and the emblem of the Confederations Cup 2017

13. 02:05 Journalists

14. 02:10 SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaly Mutko, Russian Sport Minister:

"There are no reasons for reconsidering the right to hold the World Cup in Russia and Qatar. If they existed, they would have been presented long ago. I think that these conversations are inappropriate two and a half years before (the World Cup starts). We have already passed the point of no return. The schedule is finalised, the structure is set up."

15. 02:30 Journalists

16. 02:35 Christian Karembeu in front of journalists

17. 02:41 SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Karembeu, former France international:

"When we talk about football we can talk about integration, we can talk about sport without discrimination, we can talk about dialogues. And like I said in French that Russia have many ethnics in this country and I think that Russia will give us a great example when we going to come to see the tournament."

18. 03:15 Teenagers posing for photo with Karembeu in front of journalists

SOURCE: SNTV

DURATION: 3:21

STORYLINE:

The countdown to the FIFA Confederations Cup began in Moscow on Wednesday (3 February) with 500 days to go until the tournament commences.

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The countdown ceremony marking 500 days to the Confederations Cup 2017 took place in central Moscow on Wednesday.

The tournament emblem was unveiled at the event which was attended by Russian Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko, CEO of the Russia 2018 World Cup LOC Alexei Sorokin and former France international Christian Karembeu plus other officials.

The competition consists of the winners from each FIFA confederation tournament.

As World Cup hosts Russia qualify automatically with Germany, Australia, Chile and Mexico joining them.

The winners of Euro 2016, the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2016 OFC Nations Cup will also compete.

But for the first time in the tournament's history, Brazil don't have a place.

The reigning champions and three-time winners were knocked out on penalties by Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Copa America and were humiliated in the semi-finals of the World Cup when they were beaten 7-1 by eventual winners Germany.

Since 2005, the competition has served as a warm-up to the World Cup in the following year.

Four cities will host the 2017 edition: Kazan, Sochi, St Petersburg and Moscow.

The itinerary for the FIFA World Cup trophy tour was announced in Moscow on Thursday (6th July).

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The Confederations Cup successfully out of the way - time to move onto the main event ...

In a year's time, the World Cup will be lifted in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

On Thursday though in the same venue, it was time to announce the trophy's whereabouts over the next 12 months.

The cup is going on the road in September.

And this being Russia, that means the pre-tournament tour will be the longest ever undertaken.

In 123 days it will traverse more than 26-thousand kilometres.

24 Russian cities will be visited - from Vladivostok in the far east, to the most westerly of the host cities, Kaliningrad.

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - 6 July, 2017.

1. 00:00 Close up of hands on button with countdown

2. 00:18 Press

3. 00:22 FIFA and Russian football officials and representatives

4. 00:29 Large screen showing Fyodor Yurchikhin, Russian cosmonaut currently on board the International Space Station, making address and waving

5. 00:36 SOUNDBITE: (English) Fatma Samoura, General Secretary of FIFA:

"Starting in September, this trophy will be touring across 24 cities here in Russia (interpreter). So we should be very proud as Russians to be hosting also the next year World Cup and to have the possibility to see from very close this magnificent trophy."

6. 01:05 Young Russian academy footballers with coats of arms of Russian cities

7. 01:19 Wide of officials and representatives on stage

8. 01:24 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vitaly Mutko, President of Russian Football Union:

"Today we are at a brilliant ceremony. This ceremony will give the start to the tour of the World Cup trophy across our nation (interpreter). This is a remarkable idea and tradition that FIFA has, along with FIFA partner Coca-Cola. This cup, which 32 of the best teams in the world will compete for, will begin its tour around our nation."

9. 02:02 Wide of stylized map of route with Russian cities

10. 02:13 Press

11. 02:17 Wide and pan of Luzhniki Stadium interior

12. 02:32 Wide of flags of FIFA and Russia 2018

SOURCE: SNTV

DURATION: 02:35