Baghdad The International Federation of Football Associations, “FIFA will hold today, Friday”, the draw for the 2023 Club World Cup, which will be hosted by Morocco for the period from the first to the eleventh of next February.
The draw for the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup will be held at the Mohammed V Football Academy in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.
The Moroccan Wydad, the Egyptian Al-Ahly and the Saudi Al-Hilal clubs are participating in the competition and competing with the Arab trio, the Spanish Real Madrid, the Brazilian Flamengo, the American Seattle Sounders and Auckland City.
The 6 Champions of the Confederations will participate in the FIFA Club World Cup, in addition to the league champion of the host country. The competition will start with Al-Ahly of Egypt against New Zealand’s Auckland City.
Although Al-Ahly of Egypt has the record as the most participating Arab and African club in the World Cup, the biggest Arab achievement came from the share of Moroccan Raja and Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates, after reaching the final of the tournament and obtaining the runner-up and the silver medal in the 2013 and 2018 versions, respectively.
Al-Ahly of Egypt holds another record, and it is the most Arab and African club to win medals in the World Cup, after the team succeeded in snatching the bronze medal 3 times, in 2006, 2020 and 2022.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency