The inaugural Club World Cup, featuring 32 teams, shall be held in the United States from June 15 to July 13, 2025; 22 teams have already qualified, including English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea; Liverpool and Manchester United cannot qualify and Arsenal will now even be unable to qualify
23:12, UK, Wednesday 17 April 2024
Arsenal will miss the Club World Cup after being eliminated from the Champions League in the quarter-finals.
Mikel Arteta’s men lost 3-2 on aggregate after a 1-0 defeat away to Bayern Munich on Wednesday evening.
After Arsenal’s defeat FC Salzburg became the twelfth and final European club to join the competition, which shall be held in the United States in the summer of 2025.
Salzburg joins the Champions League winners of the last three seasons – Manchester, real Madrid AND Chelsea – but additionally Bayern monachium, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, AND Juventus, who’ve qualified on the basis of Champions League appearances over the last 4 seasons, including the current campaign.
FC Salzburg qualified despite being lower in the rankings Liverpool, Barcelona AND AC Milan as FIFA limits countries to two entries unless they’ve greater than two continental champions.
The tournament will happen without Barcelona, Manchester UnitedLiverpool and AC Milan and Lionel Messi Inter Miami and Cristiano Ronaldo Al Nassr.
Three Brazilian teams – Flamengo, palm trees AND Fluminense – from 2021 they qualify as Copa Libertadores winners. Argentina’s famous rivals River plate AND Boca juniors they are going to likely qualify as high-placed teams in the pool of six entries for South America.
Seattle Sounders and Mexican sites Leon’s Club AND Monterrey one other team from the CONCACAF region will join. Another U.S.-based team should qualify, as a part of the Club World Cup tradition, by taking up the host nation’s champion.
In Asia, Al Hilal Saudi Arabia and Japan Urawa Red Diamonds they qualified. Al Ahly Egypt and Ed Morocco qualified from Africa and City of Auckland New Zealand will represent Oceania.
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