2016 FIFA Club World Cup

2016 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFAクラブワールドカップ2016
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates December 2016
Teams 7 (expected) (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) TBA (in TBA host cities)

The 2016 FIFA Club World Cup will be the 13th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the national league champion from the host country. The tournament will be hosted by Japan.[1]

Host bids

The application process for the 2015–2016 as well as the 2017–2018 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014.[2] Member associations interested in hosting had to submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014.[3] The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014.[4] However, no such decision regarding the 2015–2016 host was made until 2015.

The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:[5]

Japan was officially confirmed as hosts of the 2015 and 2016 tournaments on 23 April 2015.[1]

Qualified teams

Team Confederation Qualification Participation
Enter in the semi-finals
TBD (Aug) CONMEBOL Winners of the 2016 Copa Libertadores
TBD (28 May) UEFA Winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League
Enter in the quarter-finals
TBD (26 Nov) AFC Winners of the 2016 AFC Champions League
TBD (Nov) CAF Winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League
TBD (Apr) CONCACAF Winners of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
Enter in the play-off for quarter-finals
TBD (Apr) OFC Winners of the 2015–16 OFC Champions League
Japan TBD (Dec) AFC (Host)[n 1] Winners of the 2016 J. League Division 1
Notes
  1. ↑ If a team from Japan wins the AFC Champions League, the best-placed team outside Japan in the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the Japan league winner.

Teams in contention

AFC berth

Winners of the 2016 AFC Champions League

Participating teams to be confirmed by December 2015.

CAF berth

Winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League

Participating teams to be confirmed by December 2015.

CONCACAF berth

Winners of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League

Participating teams to be confirmed by June 2015.

CONMEBOL berth

Winners of the 2016 Copa Libertadores

Participating teams to be confirmed by December 2015.

OFC berth

Winners of the 2015–16 OFC Champions League

Participating teams to be confirmed by December 2015.

UEFA berth

Winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Participating teams to be confirmed by June 2015.

Host berth

Winners of the 2016 J. League Division 1

Participating teams to be confirmed by December 2015.

Venues

To be announced.

Matches

Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  –                          
 Japan Host[A]     –        
 OFC        Winner Play-off  
–
   Entrant Quarter-final[B]      
 Winner Quarter-final  
     Entrant Semi-final[C]    
–
 Winner Semi-final  
–
   Winner Semi-final  
 Entrant Quarter-final[B]  
–
 Entrant Quarter-final[B]      
 Winner Quarter-final  
Fifth place Third place
     Entrant Semi-final[C]    
 Loser Quarter-final    Loser Semi-final  
 Loser Quarter-final    Loser Semi-final  
– –
Notes
  1. ^ If a team from Japan wins the AFC Champions League, the best-placed team outside Japan in the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the Japan league winner.
  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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Japan set to host continental champions in 2015 and 2016". FIFA.com. 23 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Blatter: A legacy for the future". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "India may get to host FIFA Club World Cup". India.com. 15 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "India not bidding for 2015 and 2016 Fifa Club World Cups". The Times of India. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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