After the Olympic return of the Real Madrid in Morocco, the Club World Cup The new venue for the tournament that brings together champions from all continents has already been defined. This Tuesday, from FIFA (who organizes this contest that replaced the Intercontinental Cup) they chose the country that will host the 2023 edition of the championship. And, once again, it is an exotic country with little tradition in football…
Through its social networks, it was the Federation of Saudi Arabia who broke the news: They will be the organizers of the next Club World Cups. This country already had a prominent presence in Morocco… Yes, the Al Hilal -the team led by Ramón Díaz- gave the big surprise by eliminating Flamengo in the semifinal and played a great game against Merengue, in which they fell 5-3. Now, they will have a team again: the local champion will play the tournament.
In addition, the dates for the championship have already been defined: It will be played from December 12 to 22 of this year. “Today, Saudi football is experiencing unprecedented growth and has become the focus of the world’s attention. I also want to thank FIFA for their trust in us to present an exceptional version of this world championship,” said Yasser Al-Mishal, President of the Federation of Saudi Arabia.
This will be the return of a World Cup to the Arabian peninsula, after what was Qatar 2022, the first World Cup that was played in this region of the world, which is giving more and more importance to soccer. In addition to the FIFA tournament, Saudi Arabia has recently hosted the Spanish Super Cup and the Italian Super Cup. Also, the royal family bought Newcastle from the Premier League and the local tournament was reinforced with a luxury star such as Cristiano Ronaldowho signed with Al Nassr.
They also want the other World Cup…
Saudi Arabia’s interest in soccer does not stop. In addition to staying with the 2023 Club World Cup, they also want the most important tournament that FIFA has: the World Cup of selections. Some days ago presented their candidacy to host the 2030 edition together with Egypt and Greece. They will compete against the candidacies of Spain-Portugal-Ukraine, Argentina-Uruguay-Chile-Paraguay and Morocco, which launched alone.
