The Cup was postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic since it was originally going to be held from December 10 to 20, 2020, but last November 17, FIFA announced the new date between February 1 and 11.
The tournament, which was only won four times by South American teams, will start (14.30 from Argentina) with Al Duhail and Auckland, who is not champion of Oceania since the final phase of the cup was suspended due to the impossibility of traveling due to the coronavirus pandemic and was chosen as the team with the most points won in the general table of the local tournament.
On Thursday, February 4, the quarterfinals will be played (at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.) between the classified of Al Duhail-Auckland, Ulsan Hyundai, Tigres and Al Ahly, in an instance that has yet to be sorted.
Between Sunday 7 (at 15) and Monday 8 (15) will debut the favorites, the Bayern Munich, winner of Champions League and the winner of the Copa Libertadores (Santos, Palmeiras, River y Boca o Racing) with the winners of the quarterfinals.
On the 7th (at 12) the two losers of the quarterfinals will play for fifth place and on Thursday 11 the match for third place (at 12) and the grand final (15) will be played.
The matches will be played in three scenarios, Khalifa International Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium y Education City Stadium, venue of the final. All stages to be used in the Qatar World Cup 2022, as confirmed by FIFA.
The team that won the most titles is Real Madrid with four, followed by Barcelona with three. Corinthians of Brazil with two and a title for Liverpool, San Pablo, Internacional (Brazil), Milan, Manchester United, Inter (Italy) y Bayern Munich.
The top scorer of this cup in history is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with seven goals, followed by the Welshman Gareth Bale with six, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and César Delgado with five each.
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