The draw (Monday at 5 p.m.), will determine the eight matches of this competition, which was supposed to increase to 24 teams this year before the health crisis upsets FIFA’s plans. Among the clubs involved are Chelsea, winner of the Champions League, Brazilian club Palmeiras, which has just won a second consecutive Copa Libertadores, Mexicans Monterrey and Egyptian club Al-Ahly. The Saudis of Al Hilal complete the field, alongside their Emirati neighbors of Al Jazeera and the New Zealand formation of Auckland.
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A qualifying tournament for the World Cup in Qatar in March
FIFA has also announced the holding, from March 14 to 30, 2022 in Qatar, of a qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Cup for the Oceania zone, which will bring together eight teams and will award a ticket for a play-off match in June 2022. This play-off on a match between the Oceanian representative and the team that finished 4th in qualifying in the Concacaf zone, as well as that planned between the team ranked 5th in the South American qualifiers and a nation from the Asia zone, should also be held. in Qatar on June 13 and 14.
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