Saudi Arabia, very active in sports diplomacy in recent years, has obtained the organization of the next Club World Cup, scheduled for December, Fifa announced on Tuesday February 14, a few days after the coronation of Real Madrid on Saturday during the edition organized in Morocco. ” The Fifa Council has unanimously designated the Football Federation of Saudi Arabia as the host of the tournament from December 12 to 22, 2023 “Wrote the Zurich-based body in a press release. Launched in 2000, then definitively installed in the landscape in 2005 to replace the defunct Intercontinental Cup, the World Club brings together the best team of each of the six confederations of Fifa, including the supporters of the Champions League (Europe) and the Copa Libertadores (South America), as well as a team from the host country, i.e. seven teams. Fifa plans to expand the format of the Club World Cup in the future, with a quadrennial 32-team tournament whose first edition should take place in the summer of 2025.