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FIFA announced on Friday the date of the FIFA Club World Cup, which has had the honor of hosting the 2019 and 2020 editions of the State of Qatar with the participation of seven clubs , in anticipation of the organization of the first World Cup in the Middle East in 2022.
The International Gambling Federation has announced that the 2019 version will be held in Qatar between December 11th and 21st.
"The tournament will consist of eight matches and the draw will determine the identity of both teams in the second and semi-finals at FIFA headquarters in Zurich on 16 September," he said.
Three clubs have already been included: Liverpool, European champion, Monterrey, CONCACAF Mexican champions and New Caledonia's Hyangan Sport, Oceania champions, as well as champions from Africa, Africa and Africa. 39, Asia and South America.
"If a Qatari team is crowned, it will qualify directly for the second round of the 2019 Qatar World Cup, while the Asian champions will play against Hyangan Sport and if a Qatari team does not qualify for the Champions League of Qatar. AFC, Qatar champions Al Sadd will play the opening match against Hyangan Sport on December 11th.
The winners of the opening match with Asia, Africa and CONCACAF play the second round and the winners qualify for the semifinals of South America and the United States. 39; Europe.
Viva added that stadiums and schedules will be announced in due course.
The FIFA Council decided last March to extend the tournament to 24 teams from 2021, instead of seven in its current version, every four years, and not every year as is currently the case.
But the next two versions will be valuable tests for the run up to the 2022 World Cup, and because the timing is the next version of the World Cup, which allows testing in similar weather conditions. The European Clubs Association has confirmed that it will not participate in the World Cup if the number of participants increases to 24 by 2021.
The club, which represents 232 European clubs, is headed by Italian Andrea Aniele, president of Juventus, in a letter to Infantino "his categorical refusal to ratify the expansion of the Club World Cup" .
A trial version will take place from June 17 to July 4, 2021, bringing together eight European clubs (at a time when the EU wants UEFA to move to 12) and six clubs from America. from South. Africa, Asia and CONCACAF share three clubs, representing Oceania with one team.
The UAE hosted the tournament in 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018 and Morocco in 2013 and 2014, while Japan received between 2005 and 2008 and in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016.
Real Madrid has won the last three titles as champions of Europe and the last against Al Ain 4-1.
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