The FIFA Club World Cup is a tournament that brings together the most successful clubs from six international football confederations, including Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF), North America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), South America (CONMEBOL), Oceania (OFC) and Europe (UEFA).
Many stars reunite at the FIFA Club World Cup (Photo: FIFA).
Of which, Europe is allocated 12 places including Chelsea, Man City (England), Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid (Spain), Bayern Munich, Dortmund (Germany), PSG (France), Inter Milan, Juventus (Italy), Porto, Benfica (Portugal), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria).
South America has 6 spots: Palmeiras, Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo (Brazil), River Plate, Boca Juniors (Argentina).
Asia has 4 spots: Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Al Ain (UAE), Ulsan Hyundai (Korea).
CONCACAF has 4 spots: Pachuca, Monterrey (Mexico), Seattle Sounders, Los Angeles FC (USA).
Africa has 4 places: Al Ahly (Egypt), Wydad AC (Morocco), Esperance de Tunis (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa).
Oceania has 1 place, Auckland City (New Zealand).
Finally, Inter Miami will be representing the host country, the United States. In fact, FIFA’s selection of Inter Miami has been controversial because they were not the champions of last season’s MLS. Instead, they only won the most points in the points-scoring phase.
Groups at the FIFA Club World Cup (Photo: FIFA).
The results of the table are as follows:
Group A: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami.
Group B: PSG, Atlético Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders.
Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica.
Group D: Flamengo, Esperance de Tunis, Chelsea, Los Angeles FC.
Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan.
Group F : Fluminense, Dortmund, Ulsan Hyundai, Sundowns.
Group G: Man City, Wydad AC, Al Ain, Juventus.
Group H: Real Madrid, Al-Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg
The top two teams in each group will advance to the round of 16. The teams will then compete in the knockout rounds according to FIFA's classification.
According to FIFA, the total prize money of the tournament is up to 1 billion USD. Of which, 525 million USD will be divided among all participating clubs. The remaining 475 million USD will be divided based on competition performance.
European teams received the lowest amount of $12.81 million and the highest amount of $38.19 million. Clubs in South America also received about $15.21 million. CONCACAF, Asian and African clubs received about $9.55 million, while New Zealand's Auckland City received $3.58 million.
Group stage teams will receive an additional $2 million for each win and $1 million for each draw. Round of 16 teams will receive $7.5 million, quarter-finalists will receive $13.1 million, semi-finalists will receive $21 million, and finalists will receive $30 million. The champions will receive $40 million.
According to calculations, the champion team can receive 125 million USD. This is a huge amount of money, not inferior to the top European tournaments. Therefore, the big clubs are very determined to win this tournament.
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