2017 FIFA Club World Cup
كأس العالم للأندية كرة القدم 2017 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United Arab Emirates |
Dates | December 2017 |
Teams | 7 (expected) (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | TBA (in TBA host cities) |
The 2017 FIFA Club World Cup will be the 14th 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 the United Arab Emirates.[1]
Host bids
The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014.[2] Member associations interested in hosting must 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] but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA's executive committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.[5]
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:[6]
The United Arab Emirates was officially announced as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 21 March 2015.[1]
Qualified teams
Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
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Enter in the semi-finals | |||
TBD | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2017 Copa Libertadores | |
TBD | UEFA | Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League | |
Enter in the quarter-finals | |||
TBD | AFC | Winners of the 2017 AFC Champions League | |
TBD | CAF | Winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League | |
TBD | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League | |
Enter in the play-off for quarter-finals | |||
TBD | OFC | Winners of the 2016–17 OFC Champions League | |
TBD | AFC (Host)[n 1] | Winners of the 2016–17 UAE Arabian Gulf League |
- Notes
- ↑ If a team from the UAE wins the AFC Champions League, the best-placed team outside of the UAE in the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the UAE league winner.
Venues
To be announced.
Matches
Play-off | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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Host[A] | – | |||||||||||||
OFC | Winner Play-off | |||||||||||||
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Entrant Quarter-final[B] | ||||||||||||||
Winner Quarter-final | ||||||||||||||
Entrant Semi-final[C] | ||||||||||||||
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Winner Semi-final | ||||||||||||||
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Winner Semi-final | ||||||||||||||
Entrant Quarter-final[B] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
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- Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2022 FIFA World Cup to be played in November/December". FIFA.com. 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "Blatter: A legacy for the future". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "Bidding process opened for eight FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "India may get to host FIFA Club World Cup". India.com. 15 October 2014.
- ↑ "FIFA Executive committee meeting agenda now available". FIFA. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ↑ "High interest in hosting FIFA competitions". FIFA.com. 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "We are bidding for Club World Cup: AIFF president". The Times of India. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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