There will be five games in the first FIFA Intercontinental Cup, which is open to club clubs worldwide. The international soccer society announced that Real Madrid, the winners of the European Champions League, will compete in the final on December 18 in Doha.
The annual Club World Cup will be replaced by the new format of the competition, which was revealed late last year. Starting in 2025, it will now take place on a four-year basis with 32 teams involved.
On September 22, Al Ain, the winners of the AFC Champions League, will play Auckland City, the champions of the OFC Champions League. A month later, On October 29, the victors will play Al Ahly, the African Champions League champions, in Egypt.
people and fans will be able to witness their team compete in the first two games, which will take place on the team’s own field with a better rank on FIFA table. The competition then moves to Qatar, where on December 11, the Mexican team Pachuca, the CONCACAF Champions Cup champions, will take against the winners of the 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores. FIFA refers to this encounter as the “Derby of the Americas”.
On December 14, the victors of both of these competitions square off in the Challenger Cup. A place in the Dec. 18 Intercontinental Cup Final versus Real Madrid is awarded to the winner. On this day Argentina defeated France in the 2022 World Cup final two years ago. The days is also commemorated as Qatar’s National Day.
Providing the teams and organizers with professional infrastructure and equipment, Qatar has been able to host various tournaments, matches and club camps in recent years. The country’s national team has won its second Asian cup in a row in 2023.
