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Manchester City hope to become the 11th European team in a row to win the FIFA Club World Cup when they head to Saudi Arabia at the end of the month.
The reigning UEFA Champions League winners booked a spot in the tournament thanks to their European title and will be joined by the five other continental champions plus reigning Saudi Pro League victors Al-Ittihad, who enter the competition as the hosts. While City will hope to extend Europe’s winning streak at a tournament the continent has historically dominated, the other six hope to take a chance at playing spoiler as Pep Guardiola’s side eye one final trophy of the year.
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All seven teams will take part in a bracket but will enter at different times as they eye the club accolade during the 12-day long tournament, which runs from Dec. 12 to 22 in Jeddah.
Here’s what you need to know about the annual tournament.
Qualified teams
Manchester City (2022-23 UEFA Champions League winner)
Fluminense (2023 Copa Libertadores winner)
Leon (2023 Concacaf Champions League winner)
Al-Ahly (2022-23 CAF Champions League winner)
Urawa Red Diamonds (2022 AFC Champions League winner)
Auckland City (2023 OFC Champions League winner)
Al-Ittihad (2022-23 Saudi Pro League winner)
How it works
The competition began with Al-Ittihad defeating New Zealand’s Auckland City in the first round and moving on to play Egypt’s Al-Ahly in the second round, while another second round match will take place between Mexico’s Leon and Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds.
The winner of the second match involving Al-Ahly will then advance to the semifinals and play Brazil’s Fluminense. Leon or the Red Diamonds, meanwhile, will play Manchester City in the semifinals. The last two teams standing will then face off in the Dec. 22 final, and the two losers of the semifinals will also play in a third place match.
Schedule
All times Eastern
Match 1 (first round): Tuesday, Dec. 12 — Al-Ittihad 3, Auckland City 0
Match 2 (second round): Friday, Dec. 15 — Al-Ahly vs. Al Itihad, 1 p.m. ET
Match 3 (second round): Friday, Dec. 15 — Leon vs. Urawa Red Diamonds, 9:30 a.m.
Match 4 (semifinals): Monday, Dec. 18 — Fluminense vs. winner of Match 2, 1 p.m.
Match 5 (semifinals): Tuesday, Dec. 19 — Manchester City vs. winner of Match 3, 1 p.m.
Match 6 (third-place match): Friday, Dec. 22 — loser of Match 4 vs. loser of Match 5, 9:30 a.m.
Match 7 (final): Friday, Dec. 22 — winner of Match 4 vs. winner of Match 5, 1 p.m.
Previous 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
2021: Chelsea
2022: Real Madrid
Golden Ball winners
2000: Edilson (Corinthians)
2005: Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)
2006: Deco (Barcelona)
2007: Kaka (AC Milan)
2008: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
2009: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2010: Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan)
2011: Messi (Barcelona)
2012: Cassio (Corinthians)
2013: Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
2014: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
2015: Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2017: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
2018: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
2019: Mo Salah (Liverpool)
2020: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
2021: Thiago Silva (Chelsea)
2022: Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
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