Rabat and Tangier to host FIFA Club World Cup

Rabat and Tangier to host FIFA Club World Cup
Monday 26 December 2022 - 12:12

Rabat and Tangier will host the Club World Cup games between 1st and 11th of February next year, according to Hespress official sources.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced, ahead of the Qatar World Cup final game, that Morocco will host the next Club World Cup in February 2023, for the third time in the country’s history, after the previous 2013-2014 editions.

After a successful tenure in 2014, where the Club World Cup featured in Marrakech and Agadir, official Hespress sources confirm that the 2022 edition will be held in Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier, as well as Prince Moulay Abdelah in Rabat.

Royal Moroccan Football Federation looks set on having a great Club World Cup, already mobilizing repairs and maintenance work on the aforementioned stadiums believed to be the main theaters for the intercontinental competition.

Wydad Casablanca will represent Morocco, as African champion and Morocco’s Botola Pro champion, alongside two Arab teams in Al-Ahly, African Champions league runner-ups, and Al-Hilal, Asian Champions.

UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid will represent Europe, Seattle Sounders (USA) and Flamengo (Brazil) will represent their continents as CONCACAF and Copa Libertadores’ champions respectively, an Auckland City represents Oceania as champions.

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