Aug 1 (Reuters) - ⁠Europe's governing soccer body ⁠on Saturday welcomed FIFA's decision ‌to abandon plans to sell a stake in the World Cup and ​said it would work ⁠with partners ⁠and stakeholders to make sure such ⁠moves ‌cannot be fast tracked without consultation in ⁠the future.

"UEFA welcomes FIFA’s decision ​to ‌withdraw its plan to sell ⁠a stake ​in its competitions – including the World Cup – into private ⁠hands," the body said ​in a statement.

"In the coming days and weeks, UEFA will work ⁠with its associations and in close cooperation with other confederations to reflect on how ​this happened and ⁠devise a plan to make ​sure that it ‌cannot occur again."

(Reporting by ​Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)