Club World Cup: Chelsea, Liverpool to make debut as FIFA replaces Confederations Cup

Mon Oct 21, 2019 02:34:pm National 1.5K By Afam Jude Offor

Premier League pair Liverpool and Chelsea will debut in the first edition of an expanded Club World Cup after FIFA handed China the hosting rights of the tournament.
        According to Daily Mail citing New York Times report, world football arbiters are set to unfold a 24-team tourney that will kick-off in 2021 and will feature top teams have been given the nod to participate. The report further revealed that FIFA’s governing council confirmed China as hosts for the tournament on Friday, October 18, in Shanghai during their quarterly meeting. Interestingly, they are little issues left to be discussed, with the new tournament expected to replace the Confederations Cup. A further breakdown of the slots for the Club World Cup shows that Europe will parade more teams than other five FIFA regional confederations. To this end, Europe will be allotted eight places in the 24-team competition, while South America would enjoy six, and the remaining 10 would be shared by other regional confederations, with three coming from CONCACAF. FIFA claims the reason for awarding the hosting rights to China was in appreciation of the Asian nation's commitment to investing in their own football project over recent years. In addition, the top two European competitions - the Champions League and the Europa League, would produce two of the eight representatives in the next four year. Suggesting clubs like Liverpool and Chelsea would feature alongside Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

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