The Club World Championships will start a duel between the league representative of the host country Al Jazeera and the best team in the ocean zone Auckland. The winner of this match will face the champion of the Asian Champions League, Al Hilal, for the right to challenge Chelsea in the semifinals.
As usual, the best South American team, the Brazilian Palmeiras, was deployed directly to the semifinals. The Liberators’ Cup winners will face either Al Ahli, Egypt, or Monterrey, Mexico.
The Club World Cup was originally scheduled to take place in an expanded format for 24 teams this summer in China. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tournament was moved to Japan in December, but the organization also gave up in September due to persistent problems with the covid-19. In the UAE, the championship will be held for the fifth time in 2009, 2010, 2017 and 2018.
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