Can Manchester City win the Club World Cup title after the treble? Find out everything you need to know about the competition in Saudi Arabia here
The FIFA Club World Cup will take place in Saudi Arabia from December 12 to 22. Seven teams will compete in the port city of Jeddah to determine the successor to record champions Real Madrid (five titles). The royals, who secured the title in February, are not taking part – but the reigning Champions League winners Manchester City are.
All winners of the continental competitions are eligible to take part. In addition to the Sky Blues, the winners of the Copa Libertadores (South America), the CAF Champions League (Africa), the AFC Champions League (Asia), the CONCACAF Champions Cup (North and Central America) and the OFC Champions League (Oceania) will therefore also be represented. The field of participants is completed by a team from the host country
An overview of the participants in the Club World Cup
- Manchester City (England, Europe)
- Fluminense Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, South America)
- Al-Ahly (Egypt, Africa)
- Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan, Asia)
- Club Leon (Mexico, North and Central America)
- Auckland City (Oceania, New Zealand)
- Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)
The Club World Cup fixture list
The Club World Cup has been played in a knockout format since 2005. The teams from Europe and South America are seeded for the semi-finals. The representatives from Africa, Asia and North and Central America enter the quarter-finals. Auckland City and Al-Ittihad played out the fourth place in the quarter-finals on Tuesday (December 12). The Saudi Arabian champions won 3-0 after goals from Kanté and Benzema, among others.
After winning the treble, Manchester City can now also look forward to their first Club World Cup title. The Citizens will be keeping a close eye on the match between Club Leon and Urawa Red Diamonds on Friday, December 15 (15:30 CEST). ManCity will then face the winner on Tuesday, December 19.
Fluminense’s semi-final opponents (December 18, 19:00 CEST) will be determined by Al-Ahly and the winner of the match between Al-Ittihad and Auckland City. The final of the Club World Cup will take place on Friday, December 22 (7 p.m. CEST). Before that, the match for third place between the two losing semi-finalists will take place on the same day (15:30 CEST).
The Club World Cup match schedule at a glance
Qualification
Al-Ittihad – Auckland City (December 12, 7 p.m. CEST)
Quarterfinals
Club Leon – Urawa Red Diamonds (December 15, 15:30 CEST)
Al-Ahly – Al-Ittihad (December 15, 7 p.m. CEST)
Semifinal
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro – Winner Al Ahly/Al-Ittihad (December 18, 7 p.m. CEST)
Winner Club Leon/Urawa Red Diamonds – Manchester City (December 19, 7 p.m. CEST)
Game for third place
Losser of semi-final 1 – Loser of semi-final 2 (December 22, 3.30 p.m. CEST)
Final
Winner semi-final 1 – Winner semi-final 2 (December 22, 19:00 CEST)