FIFA Club World Cup 2022

There are few teams on the planet as familiar with the FIFA Club World Cup™ as Monterrey. The Mexicans’ upcoming trip to Abu Dhabi will, after all, be their fifth appearance in the tournament, a CONCACAF record. Should they beat Al Ahly in their opening match, they will also move to third on the list of clubs who have played most Club World Cup games. The Mexican club has its sights set a little higher than that this year, however. They want nothing less than a place in the final for the very first time. Among the players who have figured large in Monterrey’s long-running association with the competition is Cesar Delgado. With five goals, he is the third-highest all-time marksman in the Club World Cup, having finished joint-top scorer at Japan 2012. Delgado trails only Cristiano Ronaldo (seven goals) and Gareth Bale (six), and is level with another two superstars. “When I see my name up there with Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi it just seems too strange to me,” Delgado told FIFA . “I...

The games were due to be played in Japan, but they pulled out as hosts last month because of the high number of coronavirus cases in the country; the annual tournament features the champions of the different continents along with the host nation's national champions What is the FIFA Club World Cup? The annual tournament features the champions of the different continents along with the host nation's national champions, with Chelsea qualifying as Champions League winners. The games were due to be played in Japan, but they pulled out as hosts last month because of the high number of coronavirus cases in the country so the tournament is being held in the United Arab Emirates. Chelsea, who have a bye through to the semi-finals, will face either Egyptian side Al Ahly, New Zealand's Auckland City or Al Jazira Club from UAE, who are among the 10 teams who have qualified for the tournament. The Blues' opponents will be determined by the results of earlier rounds of action, with ...

The fairy tale of AS Pirae might be the focus of attention when the opening game of the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021™ gets underway, but across the pitch history will also be made by Al Jazira, who will become the first Emirati club to appear in two editions of the competition. In a region where teams tend to spend their way to league titles, the Abu Dhabi-based outfit have drafted their own path to glory, relying on a core of homegrown talent to deliver two UAE Pro League titles in the span of five years, with the club having previously won just one crown in its four decades of existence. Five years ago, former Chelsea and Barcelona assistant coach Henk ten Cate led an unfancied group of youngsters to break all sorts of domestic records, winning the UAE Pro League title with the highest points tally in the competition’s history, while the poster boy for the club’s youth development, Ali Mabkhout, became the first Emirati player to win the league’s top scorer award with a record 32 goa...

  Abu Dhabi: The FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 Mobile roadshow featured at Expo 2020 over three days at the venue of the world’s largest event of its kind, in the Sports Arena. The activation is part of the engagement plans set by FIFA and the Local Organising Committee that aim to positively impact the community. The events and activations is located at Expo 2020, a six-month universal exhibition that attracts visitors from all over the world, and aims to promote an active lifestyle among young people while raising awareness about the competition. Football fans were able to feast their eyes on and even have their picture taken with the prestigious FIFA Club World Cup Winner’s Trophy. The iconic trophy, which first featured in the 2005 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, sat at the heart of the activation. Football fans The crowd favourite Dhabi, the official mascot of the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 presented by Alibaba Cloud also featured at the activation, engaging with...

FIFA says the Club World Cup 2021, scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi in February this year, is scheduled to go ahead as planned despite the escalation in Yemen’s long-running war that has seen the UAE capital targeted by Houthi missiles in the last week. On Monday, the UAE said it had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The escalation in violence and the twin attacks raised doubts over the tournament but FIFA, football’s world governing body, told Al Jazeera that the event is planned to go ahead as scheduled. “The FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 will be hosted as planned,” a FIFA spokesperson said. “When it comes to security at the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021, FIFA is continuing to monitor the situation and working closely with the Local Organising Committee, and other key stakeholders in the UAE, regarding security arrangements for the tournament.” The seven-team event gets under way with host team Al Jazira Club ta...

  ABU DHABI, 25th January, 2022 (WAM) -- For fans who missed out in the first release, a new round of tickets for the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021, to be held from 3rd to 12th February in Abu Dhabi, are now available on FIFA.com/tickets. The new tickets will be made available for the last three FIFA Club World Cup matches, including match six featuring Chelsea FC. Fans can also still grab a seat at the opener between Al Jazira FC and AS Pirae, match 3 between the winner of that match and Al Hilal SFC, and the fifth place match. With under two weeks to go until the start of the tournament, all tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets released during the Visa Presale were in huge demand, and fans will now be given another opportunity to grab their seats at the highly anticipated matches. Seven international teams will take part in the knock-out tournament, with the opening match taking place on 3rd February between UAE representative Al Jazira FC and the Oce...

CAIRO-19 January 2022: The FIFA Referees Committee has announced the match officials who will be in charge at the forthcoming FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021.   Five refereeing trios and one support referee will officiate the matches. FIFA has also selected seven more video match officials to operate as VARs and AVARs during the tournament. All of the selected match officials will complete their final preparations in the United Arab Emirates a few days before the first match kicks off.   The FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 will be played from 3 to 12 February 2022.   List of Match officials for the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021

The Mobile Roadshow for the FIFA Club World Cup 2021™ presented by Alibaba Cloud is kicking off in the build-up to the much-anticipated tournament, which will take place from 3 to 12 February 2022.  Football fans across the United Arab Emirates will have the chance to engage with a series of experiential activations that will include an opportunity to see the FIFA Club World Cup™ Winner’s Trophy and meet Dhabi, the Official Mascot of the tournament.  The roadshow is part of FIFA and the Local Organising Committee’s engagement plans and aims to positively impact the community by promoting an active lifestyle among the region’s young people while raising awareness about the competition. Planned destinations include shopping centres and other public venues such as Expo 2020.  In addition to enjoying exciting games and interactive features, fans will be able to feast their eyes on and even have their picture taken with the prestigious FIFA Club World Cup trophy. The iconic tr...

The FIFA Club World Cup is now just over a fortnight away, with   Chelsea   entering the competition looking to lift the trophy for the first time in their history.   The European champions are one of seven teams in the competition and will enter proceedings at the semi-final stage. Opponents will be determined by the group of matches that take place between February 3 and 6. A full schedule of matches can be found below. This year's tournament will take place for the fifth time within the United Arab Emirates. Chelsea's opening match will be played at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium which has a capacity of 15,000. Where to watch the Club World Cup on UK TV This year's FIFA Club World Cup will be broadcast live on  BBC  here in the UK.  Action will be split up across the Red Button,  iPlayer , and the BBC Sport website.