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.

[1][2] FIFA provides financial support to the participating national teams and is also in charge of organising the tournaments together with the host member association.

[3] 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.

[3] The inaugural edition in 2024 will feature five different series, taking place across four host countries during the FIFA match window from 18 to 26 March 2024.

[6] The matches were originally meant to be played in UAE with the tournament called Winsunited Cup, later changed to ACUD Cup, now FIFA Series: Egypt.