What happens after Auckland City’s withdrawal from the Club World Cup?

Auckland City Club, New Zealand, has closed its suspicions of participating in the Club World Cup by officially withdrawing due to the quarantine measures imposed by its country to face the outbreak of the new Corona virus, Covid-19.

On Friday, FIFA announced Auckland City’s withdrawal from the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be held in Qatar from 1 to 11 next February.

According to the FIFA statement, the next version of the FIFA Club World Cup will be held with only 6 teams, after announcing that the Qatari representative of the organizing league and the competitor from Auckland have qualified directly for the second round.

And they qualified for the championship Al-Ahly, Bayern Munich, Al-Duhail, Qatar, Ulsan Hyundai, the Korean, and Tigris Unal, Mexico, awaiting the South American champion, whose champion will be decided on the 30th of this month.

The number of matches for the FIFA Club World Cup was reduced to 7 instead of 8, where the second league plays two matches and then the semi-finals, and one match is played in the final, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth.

According to a FIFA statement, Auckland City may escape the penalty of refusal, as the International Federation stated in its statement that New Zealand authorities have suspended the efforts of the New Zealand association and the Oceania Football Association due to to restrictions beyond its jurisdiction.

Auckland City qualified for the current Club World Cup for the tenth time in its history without winning the Oceania Champions League, which was canceled due to Corona.

It should be noted that the tournament will be drawn in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 19.