31 Jan 2021 - 17:11
The Peninsula
Doha: The eyes of the football world will soon be on the Middle East for the first major tournament of the year. The FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 will be held from 4-11 February after the annual competition was delayed by two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The top clubs from five of football’s six continental confederations will join host nation representatives Al Duhail SC in determining who will be crowned the world’s best. Auckland City FC, who were nominated to represent the Oceania region at Qatar 2020, withdrew from the competition because of COVID-19 quarantine measures required by authorities in New Zealand.