Yahia Attiyat Allah, a player who has made 5 appearances in the 2022 World Cup, will play the FIFA Club World Cup 2023 at home. He is on the payroll of Wydad Athletic. Photo: Reuters.
On the evening of December 16 (Hanoi time), FIFA announced this information. According to AP, this is the award that FIFA gives to Morocco. The African team played impressively in the 2022 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals and losing 0-2 to France. Coach Walid Regragui’s teachers and students still have a third place match with Croatia.
The tournament in Morocco will be held during February 1-11, 2023. The 7 participating teams include two host clubs, Wydad Athletic (champion of the Moroccan league and CAF Champions League), Al Ahly (runner-up of CAF Champions League) and Real Madrid (winner of UEFA Champions League), Flamengo (winner of Copa Libertadores) ), Al Hilal (winner of AFC Champions League), Seattle Sounders (winner of CONCACAF) and Auckland City (winner of Oceania).
Morocco used to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2013 and 2014. At that time, the winning teams were Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Currently, the team holding the trophy is Chelsea.
On the afternoon of the same day, FIFA also decided to change the format of the FIFA Club World Cup, increasing the number of participating teams from 7 to 32. The new format will start to apply from 2025. Details such as the organization cycle, specific time of the year, the way to choose the club has not been shared by FIFA.
The US can be chosen as the host for this tournament so that FIFA can check and evaluate the facilities and organization before the 2026 World Cup (the tournament is held in the US, Canada and Mexico).
In the FIFA Club World Cup, Real Madrid is the most successful club with 4 titles, followed by Barcelona with 3 trophies. For the past 10 years, the FIFA Club World Cup has been the only stage for European representatives. Corinthians (Brazil) is the last club from another continent to win this tournament in 2012.
Hoang Nguyen | 04:37 December 17, 2022
