The Club World Cup 2022 starts tomorrow
The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup matches, hosted by Morocco, will be played in the capital city of Rabat and Tangier.
In the first match of the tournament, African Football Confederation (CAF) Champions League finalist Al-Ehli (Egypt) will face Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Champions League champion. , Auckland City (New Zealand). The team that won the match, whose kick-off will be played tomorrow at 22:00 CEST, will go on tour.
With the victory of the Moroccan league champion Wydad in the CAF Champions League, the finalist El-Ehli Club obtained the right to participate in the tournament from the host quota.
The winner of this competition will face the Seattle Sounders (USA), winner of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) Champions League, in round 2 on February 4.
On the same day, the Moroccan team Wydad and El-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), which was determined to participate in the cup as the previous year’s champion due to lack of season in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League, will play fight in the other second round match.
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Flamengo, champion of the Copa Libertadores organized by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), will participate in the cup from the semifinals. The rival of the Brazilian club in the semifinals, which will be played on February 7, will be the winner of the Wydad-El Hilal match.
Real Madrid, champion of the UEFA Champions League, will also participate in the semifinals of the tournament. The Spanish team, which won the cup 4 times in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018, will face the winner of the match between the Seattle Sounders and the team that passed the first round on February 8.
The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup will conclude with the final match to be played on February 11 at the Principe Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.
In the previous tournament, England representative Chelsea defeated Brazil’s Palmeiras 2-1 after extra time and brought the trophy to its museum for the first time. (AA)