Football: Amateur New Zealand side Auckland City are preparing for the Club World Cup competition where they will clash with Bayern Munich.
Thirty-two teams from across six confederations have descended on the United States with the likes of Champions Leagye winners PSG, English Premier League heavyweights Manchester City and Spanish giants Real Madrid vying for the title of best club team in the world.
Unfortunately for Australian football fans, no A-League sides managed to nab one of the Asian Football Confederation places, but Auckland City from New Zealand’s national league will represent Oceania.
Qualification for the FIFA Club World Cup was dependent on either winning a continental title in one of the four most-recent seasons or by having a high ranking of performance in the top-level continental tournament over the four-year period. Therefore, the four spots went to 2023-24 champions Al Ain, 2022 champions Urawa Red Diamonds, 2021 winners Al-Hilal and 2020 victors Ulsan HD.It appears odd that the Premier League champions will not be a part of the FIFA Club World Cup, but like in Asia, England’s spots are dependent on Champions League success.
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