2021 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2021 FIFA Club World Cup will be the 18th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament will be hosted by Japan in December 2021.

For the Club World Cup tournament planned for 2020 and postponed to early 2021, see 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. For the expanded Club World Cup originally planned to be hosted by China in 2021, see Future FIFA Club World Cup (China).
"Japan 2021" redirects here. For the postponed Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo, see 2020 Summer Olympics.
2021 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2021
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2021
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesDecember 2021
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)

Host appointment

Originally, an expanded Club World Cup in China was planned to be held in June and July 2021.[1][2] However, due to fixture congestion caused by the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on football, the Tokyo Olympics, UEFA European Championship and Copa América were postponed from mid-2020 to mid-2021. As a result, FIFA announced in March 2020 that they would postpone the expanded Club World Cup to later in 2021, 2022 or 2023.[3][4]

On 4 December 2020, the FIFA Council announced that the Club World Cup, using the previous format, would be held in late 2021 and hosted by Japan.[5]

Qualified teams
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
TBD CONMEBOL Winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores 20 November 2021
TBD UEFA Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League 29 May 2021
Entering in the second round
TBD AFC Winners of the 2021 AFC Champions League 27 November 2021
TBD CAF Winners of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League 17 July 2021
TBD CONCACAF Winners of the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League 28 October 2021
Entering in the first round
TBD OFC Winners of the 2021 OFC Champions League
TBD AFC (Hosts)[lower-alpha 1] Winners of the 2021 J1 League

CAF berth

Winners of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League

Teams qualified for the group stage

CONCACAF berth

Winners of the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League

Teams qualified for the round of 16

UEFA berth

Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Teams qualified for the round of 16

Notes

  1. If a team from Japan wins the AFC Champions League, the runners-up of the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the Japan league winners. Therefore, the participation of the Japan league winners will only be officially confirmed after the last team from Japan (other than the league winners themselves) are eliminated from the 2021 AFC Champions League. If the Japan league winners win the AFC Champions League, they will enter the second round.

Venues

To be announced.

Matches
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
 December –                        
  Host[A]     December –        
 OFC        First round winner  
December –
   Second round entrant[B]      
 Second round winner  
     Semi-finals entrant[C]    
December –
 Semi-finals winner  
December –
   Semi-finals winner  
 Second round entrant[B]  
December –
 Second round entrant[B]      
 Second round winner  
Fifth place Third place
     Semi-finals entrant[C]    
 Second round loser    Semi-finals loser  
 Second round loser    Semi-finals loser  
December – December –

Notes

  1. ^
    If a team from Japan wins the AFC Champions League, the runners-up of the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the Japan league winners.
  2. ^ a b c
    To be determined based on draw (AFC / CAF / CONCACAF).
  3. ^ a b
    To be determined based on draw (CONMEBOL / UEFA).

References
  1. Harris, Rob (13 March 2019). "FIFA wants 24-team Club World Cup in 2021". APNews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "FIFA Council unanimously appoints China PR as hosts of new Club World Cup in 2021". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. "Statement from the FIFA President". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions concerning impact of COVID-19". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. "FIFA Council passes landmark reforms for female players and coaches, agrees further steps in COVID-19 response". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.