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Ahead of the Club World Cup, Napoli are looking to try and pressure FIFA to exclude Juventus. The new Club World Cup tournament features 32 teams from each of FIFA’s six confederations vying for the grand prize.
There are a lot of clubs competing for qualifying all across the world, but 19 have already clinched their berths. Only Oceania (OFC) is now at capacity; all other confederations, including UEFA (Europe), AFC (Asia), CONMEBOL (South America), and CAF (Africa), have slots available.
The European clubs have a total of twelve spots available, with eight of those teams having qualified before. The previous European champions from the most recent UEFA Champions League—Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Manchester City—earned three spots.
Not only that, but eight more teams—including PSG, Bayern, Inter, Porto, and Benfica—obtained their invitations via the UEFA rankings. The compeititons have reserved one place for the UEFA Champions League champions and three more via the rankings. That means that a total of four spots are still up for grabs.
Who has qualified so far?
The 2023-24 season’s group stage and three full Champions League editions have already taken place. Thus, FIFA are aware that it must adjust to the UEFA coefficient principles in order to choose the teams. Keeping that in mind, the tournament will feature an unusual system of points awarded at different stages.
Two points for a victory, one for a draw, four for making it to the group stage, five for making it to the round of 16, and an additional point for making it beyond that stage. Thus, for the time being, Atletico Madrid have qualified for the next Club World Cup instead of Barcelona. After 56 games played, Xavi Hernandez’s squad is in 12th place in Europe, six points less than Diego Simeone’s squad.
But Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, and Salzburg are also battling join the redesigned tournament via UEFA. So, due to their extensive history in Europe’s main club…
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Author : Martina Alcheva
Publish date : 2024-03-02 20:21:01
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