2023 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
السعودية 2023
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityJeddah
Dates12–22 December 2023
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)

The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) will be the 20th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament will be played in Saudi Arabia from 12 to 22 December 2023.[1] It will be the last seven-team Club World Cup before the tournament is expanded to 32 teams in 2025.[2]

Real Madrid are the defending champions, but they will not be able to defend their title after being eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Manchester City.[3]

Host appointment

Although an expanded, quadrennial Club World Cup is planned for 2025,[4] FIFA confirmed on 13 February 2023 that a 2023 tournament would be held using the previous seven-team format.[5] Earlier that month, UOL Esporte reported that Saudi Arabia were interested in hosting the 2023 and 2024 Club World Cup tournaments.[6] On 14 February, the FIFA Council confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host for the 2023 tournament.[7]

Qualified teams

Location of the teams participating in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Brazil Fluminense CONMEBOL Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores 4 November 2023 1st
England Manchester City UEFA Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League 10 June 2023 1st
Entering in the second round
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League 26 February 2023[note 1] 3rd (Previous: 2007, 2017)
Egypt Al Ahly CAF Winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League 11 June 2023 9th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Mexico León CONCACAF Winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League 4 June 2023 1st
Entering in the first round
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2023 OFC Champions League 27 May 2023 11th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad AFC (host) Winners of the 2022–23 Saudi Pro League 27 May 2023 2nd (Previous: 2005)

Notes

  1. ↑ Urawa Red Diamonds qualified on 26 February 2023 when Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal were confirmed as their opponents in the final. If a team from the host country had won the AFC Champions League, the runners-up of the AFC Champions League would have been invited in place of the host league winners. Urawa Red Diamonds won the AFC Champions League on 6 May 2023, confirming their second round entrance.

Venues

On 26 June 2023, FIFA and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation confirmed that all matches in the tournament would be played in the city of Jeddah in two stadiums.[8]

Jeddah
King Abdullah Sports City Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Capacity: 62,345 Capacity: 27,000

Match officials

On 3 November 2023, FIFA announced that five referees, ten assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[9][10]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees Video assistant referees
AFC Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
CAF Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
CONCACAF Tori Penso (United States)
Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
CONMEBOL Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
UEFA Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

One support referee was also named for the tournament.

Confederation Support referee
OFC Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Squads

Each team has to name a 23-man squad (three of whom have to be goalkeepers). Injury replacements are allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[11]

Matches

If a match is tied after normal playing time:[11]

  • For elimination matches, extra time is played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winner.
  • For the match for third place, no extra time is played, and a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winner.
First roundSecond roundSemi-finalsFinal
18 December – Jeddah (KASC)
15 December – Jeddah (KASC)Brazil Fluminense
12 December – Jeddah (KASC)Egypt Al AhlyWinner second round22 December – Jeddah (KASC)
Saudi Arabia Al-IttihadWinner first roundWinner semi-final
New Zealand Auckland City19 December – Jeddah (KASC)Winner semi-final
15 December – Jeddah (PAAFS)Winner second round
Mexico LeónEngland Manchester CityMatch for third place
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds22 December – Jeddah (PAAFS)
Loser semi-final
Loser semi-final

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[12]

First round

Al-Ittihad Saudi ArabiaMatch 1New Zealand Auckland City
Report

Second round

León MexicoMatch 3Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Report
Al Ahly EgyptMatch 2Winner Match 1
Report

Semi-finals

Fluminense BrazilMatch 4Winner Match 2
Report
Winner Match 3Match 5England Manchester City
Report

Match for third place

Loser Match 4Match 6Loser Match 5
Report

Final

Winner Match 4Match 7Winner Match 5
Report

Sponsorship

Presenting Partner

FIFA Partners

Tournament Supporters

  • Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group
  • Jahez
  • Jeddah Central
  • Jeddah Historic District
  • Neom

References

  1. ↑ "Saudi Arabia to host Club World Cup in December". FIFA. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Council approves international match calendars". FIFA. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Vinicius and Valverde dazzle as five-star Madrid conquer". FIFA. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "FIFA World Cup 2022 praised for its "unique cohesive power"". FIFA. 16 December 2022. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Agenda of meeting no. 22 of the FIFA Council" (PDF). FIFA. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Rizzo, Marcel (10 February 2023). "Mundial de Clubes: Arábia Saudita cotada para receber edições 2023 e 2024" [Club World Cup: Saudi Arabia tipped to host 2023 and 2024 editions]. Universo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "FIFA Council highlights record breaking revenue in football". FIFA. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™ host city confirmed". FIFA. 26 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™". FIFA. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2023™ – List of Appointed FIFA Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Regulations for the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Match Schedule: FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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