FIFA Club World Cup 2021

FIFA Club World Cup 2021
FIFA Club World Cup 2021
Number of clubs	24
venue	China
Games	31 or 32

The FIFA Club World Cup 2021 ( English FIFA Club World Cup 2021 ) will be the 18th edition of this global football competition for club teams. The competition will be held for the first time with 24 teams and will take place in China for the first time .

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic postponing the 2020 European Championship and the Copa America by one year to the summer of 2021, FIFA is postponing the Club World Cup, which was actually planned for June and July 2021, to a later date (2021, 2022 or 2023 ).

mode

There will be a new mode for the expanded Club World Cup. The OFC representative first plays a play-off game against the third AFC participant for the last available place. The 24 qualified teams are then divided into eight groups of three, in which everyone plays once against everyone. The eight group winners reach the quarter-finals, from which the game continues in the knockout system .

Venues

The Chinese Football Association CFA announced the eight venues on December 28, 2019.

Dalian	Guangzhou	Dalian Guangzhou Hangzhou Jinan Shenyang Shanghai Tianjin Wuhan Venues in China in 2021	Hangzhou	Jinan
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Shenyang	Shanghai		Tianjin	Wuhan
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Attendees

The number of participants has increased from seven to a total of 24 teams. The allocation of the individual continental associations is as follows:

• The AFC (Asia) receives 2.5 places, 2 of which go to the two finalists of the AFC Champions League 2020 . Half the place is played between the losing semi-finalists.
• The CAF (Africa) receives 3 places, which go to the three best teams of the CAF Champions League 2020/21 .
• The CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) receives 3 places.
• The CONMEBOL (South America) receives 6 places.
• The OFC (Oceania) receives 0.5 spaces.
• The UEFA (Europe) receives 8 places.
• The host receives 1 place, which goes to the champion of the Chinese Super League 2020 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA Council unanimously appoints the People's Republic of China to host the new Club World Cup 2021 . In: FIFA.com . October 24, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
2. ↑ Resolutions of the FIFA Council Committee on the effects of COVID-19 . In: FIFA.com . March 18, 2020. Accessed March 20, 2020.
3. ↑ Shanghai 'to host' 2021 Fifa Club World Cup final . In: SportBusiness.com . January 9, 2020.
4. ↑ FIFA inviting some non-champions to enlarged Club World Cup . In: APNews.com . October 24, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
5. ↑ AFC Executive Committee enhances future AFC Asian Cups . In: The-AFC.com . December 1, 2019. Accessed February 19, 2020.
6. ↑ CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final . In: CAFOnline.com . November 21, 2019. Accessed February 19, 2020.