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The FIFA Club World Cup is already here and hopes to offer a football spectacle with "a range of global talent", according to FIFA, in a short-lived cup that this year will have its appointment in Morocco.
The Club World Cup is a tournament held for 19 years in which FIFA summons the champion clubs of each confederation, as well as a representative of the host country to compete for the title.
This year, seven teams will play the tournament, including the Spanish Real Madrid, which has won four titles in the history of this competition, being the team with the most championships since the tournament was created in 2000.
When and where is the Club World Cup played?
The tournament will take place from February 1 to 11, in Morocco.
What teams will play?
Seven teams will dispute this trophy:
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Al Ahly, Egypt
Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia
Auckland City, New Zealand
Flamengo, Brazil
Real Madrid, Spain
Seattle Sounders, United States
Wydad, Morocco
The #ClubWC has arrived.
Who are you cheering on?
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match schedule
The opening match will be played this Wednesday, February 1 at 8:00 pm local time (2 pm ET) at the Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier.
The match will be between African Confederation Champions League runner-up Al Ahly of Egypt and Oceania Football Confederation Champions League winner Auckland City.
These two teams will compete for a place in the second round, which will face Al Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, the Seattle Sounders, from the US, and Moroccan Wydad.
And finally, the winners of the two second-round qualifiers will advance to the semifinals together with Flamengo from Brazil and Real Madrid from Spain.
These will be the matches
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— FIFA (@FIFAcom) January 30, 2023
date 1
February 1
Al-Ahly vs Auckland City
date 2
February 4
Seattle vs.
Al-Ahly or Auckland City
date 3
February 4
Al-Hilal vs.
wydad
date 4
February 7
Flamengo vs.
Wydad or Al-Hilal
date 5
February 8
Real Madrid vs Seattle, Al-Ahly or Auckland City
date 6
February 11
Match for third place
date 7
February 11
End
other winners
Real Madrid has been the team that has won the most Club World Cups, with four championships in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The current champion is Chelsea, and Bayern Munich (2020) and Liverpool (2019) were also winners of the Club World Cup in previous years.
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