1 · FIXED GROUPS OF SEVEN
The 35 Host Clusters form five permanent cohorts of seven.
The four-year rhythm
YEAR 1D + E
YEAR 2G
YEAR 3B + C
YEAR 4A + F
Year 2 protects the continental-cup calendar: Category G stands alone.
How to read the model
One Vicenio
Twenty years, organised as five four-year cycles. Each cycle contains one permanent cohort of seven Host Clusters; the same cohort returns every twenty years.
Preferred calendar windows
EARLYPrimarily Jan–Apr
MIDPrimarily May–Aug
LATEPrimarily Sep–Dec
Important
The years and Category assignments in the diagram are illustrative. The permanent cohort compositions and preferred windows are fixed. Within paired Category years, event order remains flexible according to season and geography.
Open passage ↗How the system repeats
2 · THE SAME SEVEN RETURN
Each cohort returns in the same four-year position every twenty years. Cycle 1: 2035–2038 → 2055–2058 → 2075–2078.
3 · ONLY A–G CHANGES
A new draw assigns Categories A–G among those same seven Clusters for the next Vicenio.
SAME SEVEN · SAME FOUR-YEAR CYCLE · NEW A–G ALLOCATION EACH VICENIO
WUFO · VICENIO
EVERY HOST CLUSTER KNOWS IT WILL HOST THE WORLD CUP EVERY 20 YEARS.*
WHAT IT DOES NOT KNOW IS WHICH CATEGORY IT WILL HOST: THAT IS DRAWN.
* Within its permanent seven-Cluster cohort, the event year follows the Category drawn. Actual hosting remains subject to activation and certification.
Open passage ↗The five permanent cohorts
The seven Host Clusters in each cohort are fixed. The A–G labels and years below show an illustrative allocation for the First Vicenio.
CYCLE 1
2035–2038YEAR 12035
DFar East AsiaLATE
ECentral AsiaMID
YEAR 22036
GAustralEARLY
YEAR 32037
BWest EuropeMID
CSouth ConeEARLY
YEAR 42038
ABritain & IrelandMID
FWest AfricaLATE
Illustrative · Non-binding
CYCLE 2
2039–2042YEAR 12039
DBrazilianEARLY
ENorth AmericaMID
YEAR 22040
GNorth AfricaLATE
YEAR 32041
BGermany–PolandMID
CArabian PeninsulaLATE
YEAR 42042
ACentral–South EuropeMID
FSouthern AfricaEARLY
Illustrative · Non-binding
CYCLE 3
2043–2046YEAR 12043
DMiddle EastLATE
EAndeanMID
YEAR 22044
GEast AfricaLATE
YEAR 32045
BCentral AfricaMID
CSouth East Europe–Anatolia–CaucasusEARLY
YEAR 42046
ARussia–BelarusMID
FCentral AmericaEARLY
Illustrative · Non-binding
CYCLE 4
2047–2050YEAR 12047
DCaribbeanEARLY
ESouth East AfricaMID
YEAR 22048
GSouth AsiaEARLY
YEAR 32049
BEast AsiaLATE
CBalkansMID
YEAR 42050
ANordic–BalticMID
FCentral West AfricaLATE
Illustrative · Non-binding
CYCLE 5
2051–2054YEAR 12051
DIberiaEARLY
EEast EuropeMID
YEAR 22052
GAntilles–GuyanasEARLY
YEAR 32053
BSoutheast AsiaLATE
COceaniaMID
YEAR 42054
AFar West AfricaLATE
FPacific–West North AmericaMID
Illustrative · Non-binding
Legal foundations
Open the precise passages in the English WUFO corpus.
STA / ART-67Seven Categories and the four-year rhythmOpen passage ↗ · PDF p. 64STA / ART-71Thirty-five Clusters, twenty-year Vicenio and permanent cohortsOpen passage ↗ · PDF p. 66STA / ART-75Year-10 Category Allocation Draw and preferred windowsOpen passage ↗ · PDF p. 69REG-15 / PART IVicenio and draw procedureOpen passage ↗ · PDF p. 306REG-15 / PART IIThirty-five Host Clusters and preferred windowsOpen passage ↗ · PDF p. 307REG-15 / PART IIIFixed five-cohort compositionOpen passage ↗ · PDF p. 308