Manchester City and Real Madrid will likely be positioned within the high bracket of the draw Club World Cupwhereas Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami is within the final locations.
FIFA confirmed the draw process on Tuesday, which can happen on Thursday in Miami. The newly expanded tournament will likely be held within the United States from June 15 to July 13 subsequent 12 months.
Also within the first pot are European giants Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, in addition to the 4 highest-ranked South American groups: Flamengo, Palmeiras, River Plate and Fluminense.
Inter Miami, which certified regardless of being eradicated within the first spherical of the MLS Cup playoffs, is within the fourth pot, along with Seattle sirens.
FIFA mentioned the 32 certified groups have been assigned positions in 4 pots for the draw to “guarantee aggressive steadiness and geographic variety.”
Pot 1 is made up of the highest-ranked groups in Europe and South America, whereas Pot 2 is made up of the remaining European qualifiers.
The third tier incorporates Neymar’s Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal as one of many two highest-ranked Asian qualifiers. It additionally options the 2 highest-scoring groups from Africa, North, Central America and the Caribbean confederation and two different South American groups.
Twelve European groups certified together with Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Juventus and Salzburg.
The draw guidelines state that two European groups will likely be included in every of the eight teams, however no different confederation can have a couple of group in the identical group.
Miami and Seattle have been mechanically assigned fourth place in Groups A and B, respectively, earlier than the draw even befell.
Messi’s group performs the opening match of the match on the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
The Sounders’ opening recreation will likely be held at Lumen Field in Seattle.
Associated Press reporting.
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