September 5 – The draw for the seven-team FIFA Club World Cup 2023 tournament – in 2025 the tournament moves to 32 teams and will be hosted in the US – has been held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Jeddah will host all matches with Saudi Pro League champions Al Ittihad opening against Auckland FC.
In the second round Mexican debutants Club León will face Japan’s Asian champions Urawa Reds, who have competed three times in the final. The winner will face Manchester City in the semi-final.
In the other second round match Egypt’s Al Ahly FC will meet the winner of Al Ittihad FC-Auckland City, with the winner of that tie facing the yet-to-be-determined Copa Libertadores champions (currently at the semi-final stage).
This is the 20th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, and the first time the tournament will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. It will take place between 12 and 22 December 2023, with Jeddah staging all of the matches.
Draw results and fixtures
First round (Match 1) Al Ittihad FC v Auckland City FC 12 December, 21:00
Second round (Matches 2 & 3) Al Ahly FC v Winner of M1 15 December, 21:00
Club León v Urawa Reds 15 December, 17:30
Semi-finals (Matches 4 & 5) CONMEBOL representative v Winner of M2 18 December, 21:00
Winner of M3 v Manchester City FC 19 December, 21:00
Play-off for third place & final (Matches 6 & 7) Third place 22 December, 17:30
Final 22 December, 21:00
FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 participants
- AFC Champions League 2022 winners: Urawa Reds, Japan
- CAF Champions League 2022/2023 winners: Al Ahly FC, Egypt
- Concacaf Champions League 2023 winners: Club León, Mexico
- CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023 winners: TBD
- OFC Champions League 2023 winners: Auckland City FC, New Zealand
- UEFA Champions League 2022/2023 winners: Manchester City FC, England
- Host (latest winner of organising association’s league): Al Ittihad FC, Saudi Arabia
Previous Club World Cup champions
- 2000: Corinthians
- 2005: Sao Paulo
- 2006: Internacional
- 2007: AC Milan
- 2008: Manchester United
- 2009: Barcelona
- 2010: Inter Milan
- 2011: Barcelona
- 2012: Corinthians
- 2013: Bayern Munich
- 2014: Real Madrid
- 2015: Barcelona
- 2016: Real Madrid
- 2017: Real Madrid
- 2018: Real Madrid
- 2019: Liverpool
- 2020: Bayern Munich