The draw for the FIFA Club World Cup, which was drawn today, Monday, at the headquarters of the International Football Association “FIFA” in the Swiss city of Zurich, resulted in strong confrontations for the three participating Arab teams.

In addition to the UAE host Al Jazira team, the six champion teams of their continents are present in the tournament: Al-Ahly (the champions of the African Champions League), Chelsea (the Champions League champions), Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia (the Asian Champions League champions), Monterrey of Mexico (the champions of the CONCACAF Champions League), Auckland New Zealand City (Oceania) and Brazil’s Palmeiras (Copa Libertadores champion).

Draw results:

- (First round) First match: Al Jazira vs Auckland

- (Second round) The second match: Al-Ahly vs Monterrey

The third match: Al-Hilal against the winner of the first match.

- (Semi-final) Fourth Match: Palmeiras against the winner of the second match.

Fifth match: Chelsea against the winner of the third match.

- The match to determine the third place holder: the two losing teams from the semi-final matches (the fourth and the fifth).

The final match will bring together the winners of the semi-final matches (fourth and fifth).

And FIFA announced, earlier today, that the tournament will be held in the UAE city of Abu Dhabi from February 3 to 12, 2022.