Host country United Arab Emirates Date December 2018 Location United Arab Emirates | Dates December 2018 Date December 2018 Teams 7 | |
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Venue(s) TBA (in TBA host cities) Similar 2000 FIFA Club World Champio, 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final, 2005 FIFA Club World Champio, 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final, 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Final | ||
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba YunOS Auto for sponsorship reasons) will be the 15th 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 was officially announced as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 21 March 2015.
Qualified teams
Venues
To be announced.