Saudi Arabia chosen to host the 2023 Club World Cup

Three days after the closing of the 2022 edition of the Club World Cupthe FIFA announced that Saudi Arabia was chosen to host the 2023 editiontournament that will be played from December 12 to 22.

The decision reported after the FIFA Council meetingin which details of future competitions of the entity were defined, among the main ones the 2023 World Cup and the allocation of quotas by confederations for the tournament to be played in 2025, with expansion to 32 clubs.

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“Regarding the FIFA Club World Cup 2023, which will be played under the current format with seven clubs, the FIFA Council unanimously appointed the Saudi Arabian Football Federation as host of the tournament”, reported the rector of world football.

He The last winner of this tournament was Real Madrid after beating the Arab club Al Hilal 5-3 on February 11, the first Saudi team to reach a final.

“We feel honored and extremely excited to have the opportunity to welcome the world’s leading football clubs and their fans to Saudi Arabia. Many will have recently witnessed our ability as a nation to compete at the highest level possible on the field, but now we have the opportunity to show that we are also world class hostssaid Saudi Sports Minister Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal.

The tournament in Arabia would be the penultimate Club World Cup with the current format, once FIFA decided to extend the quota to 32 clubs for the 2025 editionwhich will start a championship every 4 years.

For this new competition, the The FIFA Council unanimously approved the allocation of the places for each confederation, divided into 4 places for Asia, Africa and Concacaf, 6 for Conmebol, 12 for UEFA, 1 for Oceania and 1 for the host country of the tournament.

The decision of the quotas for the Supermundial, “It was taken based on a set of metrics and objective criteria”, according to FIFA. (D)