2023-09-05 12:49:05
Manchester City will face the winner of the duel between Club León and Urawa Reds, from Japan, in the semifinals of the Club World Cup, scheduled from December 12 to 22 in Saudi Arabia.
Winner of their first UEFA Champions League, the team led by Josep Guardiola will debut in the competition in the semifinals, as the winner of the Copa Libertadores, which will be known on November 4.
The first match of the tournament will face Karim Benzema’s new club, Al Ittihad, as current champion of Saudi Arabia, the host country, with Auckland City, representative of Oceania.
The winner of this match will face Ahly, the Egyptian club that won the African Champions League, in the second round.
The other confrontation of the second round will be between Club León, representative of Concacaf, once morest Urawa Reds, Asian champion.
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Created in the year 2000, the Club World Cup will change its format in 2025: It will be played by 32 teams and will be played every four years.
Europe will have 12 representatives, South America with six, four for Asia, four for Africa and four for Central and North America, finally Oceania will have one, as well as the host country.
The first edition with the new format will take place in 2025, in the United States, which a year later will host the first World Cup with 48 countries, along with Canada and Mexico.
THIS IS HOW THE KEYS TO THE WORLD CLUBS WORLD CUP 2023 WILL BE PLAYED
FIRST ROUND
Al Ittihad FC – Auckland City FC
SECOND ROUND
Al Ahly FC – Winner of the first round (match 2)
Club León – Urawa Reds (match 3)
SEMIFINALS
Winner of the Copa Libertadores – Winner of match 2
Match 3 Winner – Manchester City FC
Third and fourth place / Final: December 22
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