UAE Installed As New Hosts Of FIFA Club World Cup

The tournament was supposed to be held in Japan from December 9 to 19 but the Asian country relinquished those rights due to high cases of Coronavirus in the country.

FIFA have now confirmed that UAE will host the tournament early next year, with the exact dates yet to be decided.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said: "The council endorsed a meeting, a global summit meeting to take place in December this year with the aim of providing a presentation to all 211 member nations about the future of football, men’s football, women’s football, youth football, on 20th December.

“It was decided that the Club World Cup 2021 will be played in early 2022, the exact dates are still to be confirmed, but the hosts after the withdrawal of Japan because of the pandemic, the host will be the United Arab Emirates, the UAE, who have hosted this event already a few times as you know.

“Also we decided that the FIFA congress next year shall be on the 31st March in Doha on the eve of the draw for the World Cup finals.”

The FIFA Club World Cup is an annual international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental federations and the host nation’s league champions.

Chelsea will represent Europe this year after winning the UEFA Champions League while Al Ahly and New Zealand’s Auckland City will represent Africa and Oceania respectively.

Representatives from South America, Asia and CONCACAF are yet to be determined.