Club World Cup. 3 Arab dreams to repeat the miracle of Morocco
A few days have passed since the end of the 2022 World Cup, to start talking quickly about another World Cup less than two months later, but it is for clubs only.
FIFA announced that the organization of the FIFA Club World Cup will be awarded to Morocco, from February 1 to February 11.
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Only Moroccan Wydad was the only club that guaranteed participation in the Club World Cup for winning the African Champions League, but with the tournament being held in Morocco, another Arab team appeared.
Al-Ahly of Egypt was the runner-up of Wydad, the 2022 African Champions League champion, and due to the rules of the tournament that prevent the participation of two clubs from the same country, the Egyptian team participated as a representative of the brown continent, while Wydad played as a representative of Morocco.
Pleasant surprises rolled in for the Arabs in the Club World Cup, for the Asian Football Confederation to announce the participation of Al Hilal Saudi Arabia, the champion of the last completed version of the AFC Champions League, given that the current version of the competition was not completed before the start of the Club World Cup.
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia participated twice in the Club World Cup, thanks to its once winning the Champions League title, to appear in the UAE World Cup 2021 and Morocco 2022, which will be held in February 2023.
Arab dreams
Morocco broke the ceiling of ambition with what it did in the World Cup for the national teams and qualified for the semi-finals for the first time in the history of the Arabs and African teams, to allow the clubs to search for an unprecedented achievement in the Club World Cup.
The maximum achievement achieved by the Arab clubs was reaching the final match and winning the silver medal, as did Moroccan Raja in the 2013 World Cup, and the Emirati Al Ain 2018.
Al-Ahly of Egypt has a record in the tournament, as it became the only Arab team to win 3 medals in the Club World Cup, all of which are bronze.
The participation of 3 Arab clubs in the World Cup in Morocco is not new to the tournament, but it will increase the chances of achieving the title for the first time in the history of Arab clubs.
Participants
7 clubs have been confirmed to participate in the World Cup, including 3 Arab clubs, and one representative for each of the Champions League, CONCACAF, Oceania and Libertadores. Here is the list of the seven clubs:
Wydad (Morocco) - African champion
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) - Asian Champion
Al-Ahly (Egypt) - Runners-up African Champion
Real Madrid (Spain) - European Champion
Auckland City (New Zealand) - Oceania champion
Seattle Sounders (USA) - CONCACAF champions
Flamengo (Brazil) - Champion Libertadores
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