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Chinanews Client, December 24th, 23rd local time, FIFA officially announced the specific schedule of the 2020 Club World Cup. The finals will be held during the Spring Festival of the Chinese lunar calendar.
Due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the game will be held in Qatar in February 2021.
Among them, the Champions League champion Bayern Munich will appear in the semi-finals at 2 a.m. Beijing time on February 9, and the final time is 2 a.m. on the 12th, which is the Chinese New Year.
The 2020 Club World Cup was originally scheduled to be held this month, but it was forced to postpone it until February 1-11, 2021. This also delayed the new Club World Cup in China.
In the 2020 Club World Cup held in Qatar, 6 teams have been confirmed, namely host Du Haile, Champions League champion Bayern, AFC champion Ulsan Hyundai, Oceania champion Auckland City, African champion Cairo Nationals, Central and North American champion Nuevo Leon Autonomous University Tigers, only the South American Libertadores Cup champion team has not yet produced.
Since this time is held in Qatar, in addition to the AFC Champions, there is also the host Du Haile, a total of two Asian teams to participate in the 2020 World Club Cup.
Du Haile is a well-known team in the Qatar League and once introduced Mandzukic, but he missed the semi-finals in the AFC last season.
Ulsan Hyundai, who just won the AFC Champions League, is participating in the Club World Cup for the second time.
The first time was in 2012, when he only finished sixth.
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