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Qatar will host the FIFA Club World Cup 2020 from February 1 to 11, 2021, after it was postponed earlier this yr as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Six continental confederations, in addition to the host nation’s league champions, will compete within the event, which shall be held throughout three FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums — Ahmad Bin Ali, Khalifa International and Education City.
The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, inaugurated simply final week on December 18, will stage the opening match between Qatari champions Al Duhail and Auckland City of New Zealand on February 1, and the ultimate shall be performed at Education City Stadium on February 11.
Joining the 2 groups shall be European champions and German aspect FC Bayern Munich, CONCACAF champions Tigres UANL from Mexico, Al Ahly SC, Egyptian aspect and winners of the CAF Champions League together with Ulsan Hyundai, who just lately laid declare to the AFC Champions League at a match performed in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venue Al Janoub Stadium.
The winner of the CONMEBOL Libertadores will decide the South American consultant, rounding off this version’s individuals. The South American title winner shall be decided by the top of January 2021. The draw to finalise the detailed pairings within the event will happen in Zurich on January 19.
“Hosting the second edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in a row will allow us to build on our operational experience and apply learnings both from 2019, as well as the tournaments attended by fans in Qatar throughout 2020. It will help ensure we deliver an amazing experience for every fan when the Middle East and Arab world hosts its first FIFA World Cup in just under two years’ time,” mentioned Nasser Al Khater, Chief Executive Officer, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC.
“Over the past few months, during the global pandemic, we have worked diligently to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of players and fans as we hosted several important local and international footballing events, and we look forward to welcoming the world’s best clubs in the New Year for what will be yet another important milestone on the road to Qatar 2022,” Al Khater added.
Inaugurated precisely two years earlier than Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup last, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium has a capability of 40,000 seats and is an indication of Qatar’s dedication to sustainability, having been largely constructed from recycled and reused materials from an older stadium that when stood on the identical website.
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Education City Stadium, nicknamed the “Diamond in the Desert”, has its design impressed by the wealthy historical past of Islamic structure, blended with putting modernity. The facade options triangles that kind complicated, diamondlike geometrical patterns which seem to alter color relying on the solar’s place.
The third stadium for use in the course of the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 shall be Khalifa International Stadium. Widely considered Qatar’s nationwide stadium, the just lately refurbished venue hosted the earlier event’s last the place English aspect Liverpool FC gained the title for the primary time in entrance of an viewers of greater than 45,000 followers.
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