The battle to decide the best club in the world!! This year, Reds and Honda challenge!!

The 10 day Club World Cup will finally kick off on December 6. This year, Urawa Reds, who have qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 10 years, Honda Keisuke's Pachuca, and Real, who won the Champions League 2 years in a row, are participating. Enjoy the hot battle to blow away the cold at the end of the year!!

Club World Cup

The 1st competition was held in 2000. Subsequently, it was interrupted, but in 2005 the association absorbed the Toyota Cup, which had been a feature of winter in Japan. From 2005 to 8, the event was held in Japan, but the host country was rotated every 2 years in consideration of the burden of moving the participating teams. Basically, it is held in Japan and countries in the Middle East.
In 2021, the current format was changed from 7 slots to 24 slots, and the event may be held once every 4 years.

Champions

[By Team]
1st place Barcelona 3 times
Second place Colin, two chances.
2nd: Real Madrid 2 times
3rd place Sao Paulo, 1 each
Internacional
A.C. Milan
Manchester United
Intel
Bavaria

[By Country]
1st place Spain 5 times
2nd: Brazil 4 times
3rd place Italy 2 times
4th England 1 time
Germany

Barcelona and Real Madrid are also strong. Brazil won the title four times. The motivation of the players who think of this tournament as their sales area, which is different from European clubs, may be one of the reasons.

Participating teams in 2017

European representative Real Madrid (Spain) 2nd consecutive 4th appearance
South America National Team Gremio (Brazil) 3rd appearance after 22 years
Asia National Team Urawa Reds 2nd appearance after 10 years
North, Central America, Caribbean Sea Pachuca (Mexico) 4th appearance after 7 years
Oakland City (New Zealand) from Oceania for 7th straight year & 9th time
Al Jazeera (UAE) makes its first appearance on the host team.

Attention is focused on 3 teams, Real Madrid, Pachuca, and Urawa Reds representing Japan and Asia!!

Match Schedule

12/6 (Wed) 26: 00 Al Jazeera vs Auckland City (1)
12/9 (Sat) 22: 00 Pachuca vs Wider Casablanca (2)
12/9 (Sat) 25: 30 (1) Winner vs Urawa Reds (3)
12/12 (Tue) Loser at 23: 00 (1) vs Loser at (3) (4)
12/12 (Tue) 26: 00 (2) Winner vs South America (5)
12/13 (Wed) 26: 00 (3) Winner vs Real Madrid (6)
12/16 (Sat) 23: 00 3rd Place Playoff
12/16 (Sat) 26: 00 Final

This year, the schedule overlaps with that of the E -1 Championship (East Asian Championships), but the time is off, so you can enjoy soccer all day long ♪
You can enjoy 3 matches on Saturday, 9th and 16th!!

Then, I will introduce you to a restaurant where you can support Urawa Reds' challenge to the world!!

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