Host country United Arab Emirates Start date December 2017 Location United Arab Emirates | Dates 6–16 December 2017 End date December 16, 2017 Teams 7 | |
Venue(s) TBA (in TBA host cities) | ||
The 2017 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 presented by Alibaba YunOS Auto for sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the national league champion from the host country. The tournament will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates.
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Host bids
The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014. The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014, but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA's executive committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:
The United Arab Emirates were officially announced as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 21 March 2015.
Qualified teams
AFC berth
Winners of the 2017 AFC Champions League
CAF berth
Winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League
CONCACAF berth
Winners of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
CONMEBOL berth
Winners of the 2017 Copa Libertadores
OFC berth
Winners of the 2017 OFC Champions League
UEFA berth
Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League
Host berth
Winners of the 2016–17 UAE Pro-League
Venues
To be announced.