FIFA has already announced the criteria for the draw for the first Club World Cup which will take place on December 5. The 32 teams that have already been classified will be divided into four groups of eight teams each.
Pot 1 consists of the four highest-ranked teams from Europe along with the four highest-ranked teams from South America, while Pot 2 consists of the remaining eight teams from Europe.
Group 3 consists of the two highest-ranked teams from Asia, Africa and the North, Central America and Caribbean regions respectively, along with the two remaining clubs from South America, while the final group 4 consists of the two remaining teams . from Asia, Africa and the North American, Central American and Caribbean regions, respectively, with the representative of Oceania and the team representing the host country, the Inter Miami.
The four pots and the drawing criteria
In this way they belong to the group. beside Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Flamengo, Palmeiras, River Plate and Fluminense.
It is in pot two where the other Spanish team is in this game. Club World Cup. This is about Atlético de Madrid and next to Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Juventus and Salzburg.
Drum three is completed by Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, the Ulsan korean, Al-Ahly Egyptian, Wydad from Morocco, Rayados de Monterrey and Club Leon mexicans, Boca Juniors and Botafogo.
In the room there will be Urawa Red Diamonds Japan, Al-Ain of Saudi Arabia, the Espérance Sportive from Tunisia, the Mamelodi Sundownshe Pachuca Mexican, the Seattle Sounders of the United States, the City of Auckland of New Zealand and Inter Miami of Leo Messi and company.
Two Europeans per group
FIFA also set a series of draw restrictions on day 5, so that in principle no group could have more than one team from the same confederation. This applies to all confederations except UEFA, which has 12 teams in Club World Cup. Therefore, four of the eight groups will have two European clubs.
In addition, the principle of pairing based on confederation classification will be applied to teams in group 1 when assigning their respective groups.
Other restrictions will dictate that clubs from the same association cannot be grouped together and all those in pot 1 will be assigned the first group position in which they are drawn.
Finally, for calendar purposes, the two American clubs, Inter Miami and Seattle Soundersthey will automatically be assigned the fourth position of groups A and B, respectively. He Inter Miami will play the opening match of the tournament at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, while the Sounders They will open their campaign at Seattle’s Lumen Field shortly.
Source: La Verdad
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