FIFA Club World Cup 2023 Live Stream Free Watch TV Online draw, teams, fixtures schedule and format as next champion is crowned in Morocco
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The FIFA Club World Cup is set to be played February 1-11 in Morocco with seven club teams battling for the title of world champions.
FIFA Club World Cup 2023 Live Stream – Watch Here
The seven clubs include the defending champions of every region of the world, and an additional spot reserved for the host country. But the latter berth had to be reassigned after Moroccan champion Wydad Casablanca also became African champions.
The 2023 tournament draw was held on Friday, January 13 (streamed on FIFA+) as the seven clubs found out their path to the world title. The 2023 edition will be the last one played with the current format, making way for a new expanded version in June 2025 (more details below).
The Club World Cup returns to Morocco since it was last played there in 2014. The country was tabbed to serve as host less than two months before the tournament with two cities staging the matches: Tangier (Stade Ibn Batouta) and Rabat (Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium).
Only seven knockout matches are played to determine the world champion to succeed 2022 winners Chelsea. If there’s a draw after regulation, extra time and penalties (if necessary) will be used to determine a winner except for the third-place match, which will skip extra time and go straight to penalties.
2023 FIFA Club World Cup match schedule
| Date | Round | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Feb. 1 | 1st Round | Al Ahly vs. Auckland City |
| Sat, Feb. 4 | 2nd Round | Seattle Sounders vs. Al Ahly/Auckland |
| Sat, Feb. 4 | 2nd Round | Wydad Casablanca vs. Al Hilal |
| Tue, Feb. 7 | Semifinal | Flamengo vs. Wydad/Al Hilal |
| Wed, Feb. 8 | Semifinal | Seattle/Al Ahly/Auckland vs. Real Madrid |
| Sat, Feb. 11 | Third Place | Semifinal 1 loser vs. Semifinal 2 loser |
| Sat, Feb. 11 | Final | Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner |
2023 FIFA Club World Cup draw
The Club World Cup draw took place on Friday, January 13 at 12:00 CET (11:00 GMT / 06:00 ET) in Rabat, Morocco and was streamed live on FIFA+. It was held at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Sale, Rabat.
As is customary, FIFA tabbed a local celebrity to assist with the draw and that honor fell to Morocco’s most-capped international player, Noureddine Naybet.
The draw pitted tournament debutants Seattle Sounders against the winner of the tie between Al Ahly and Auckland City. One of those three teams will face European champions Real Madrid in the semifinals.
On the other side of the draw, the winner of the match between Wydad Casablanca and Al Hilal will meet South American champions Flamengo in the last four.
Teams in 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
There are seven clubs that will participate in the 2023 tournament. The list features the club champions of six continents, plus an additional spot reserved for the host nation’s champion that instead was reassigned.
Since Moroccan champions Wydad Casablanca also won the African Champions League, thus automatically qualifying to the FIFA Club World Cup, their berth as host nation was passed on to the African Champions League runners-up Al Ahly of Egypt.
| Region | Club | How Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) | CAF Champions League winners |
| Africa | Al Ahly (Egypt) | CAF Champions League runners-up (Assigned host nation berth) |
| Asia | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | AFC Champions League winners |
| Europe | Real Madrid (Spain) | UEFA Champions League winners |
| N. America | Seattle Sounders (USA) | CONCACAF Champions League winners |
| Oceania | Auckland City (New Zealand) | OFC Champions League |
| S. America | Flamengo (Brazil) | CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores winners |
2023 FIFA Club World Cup fixtures schedule
The tournament kicks off with the first two rounds of matches involving the clubs from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and North America. The European (Real Madrid) and South American champions (Flamengo) enter the fray at the semifinal stage.
First Round
The African runners-up Al Ahly (Egypt) and Oceania champion Auckland City (New Zealand) will battle for a spot in the Second Round.
| Date | Round | Match | Time (GMT / ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Feb. 1 | 1st Rd | Al Ahly vs. Auckland City | TBD |
Second Round
Asian champions Al Hilal, African champions Wydad Casablanca, and North American champions Seattle Sounders join the winner of the First Round match to determine which two teams advance to the semifinals.
| Date | Round | Match | Time (GMT / ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Feb. 4 | 2nd Rd | Seattle Sounders vs. Al Ahly/Auckland City | TBD |
| Sat, Feb. 4 | 2nd Rd | Wydad Casablanca vs. Al Hilal | TBD |
Semifinals
The two favorites enter the competition at this stage. Winners of the Second Round match between Wydad and Al Hilal will face Flamengo (South America champions), and Real Madrid (European champions) will meet Seattle, Al Ahly, or Auckland.
| Date | Round | Match | Time (GMT / ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Feb. 7 | Semifinal | Flamengo vs. Wydad/Al Hilal | TBD |
| Wed, Feb. 8 | Semifinal | Seattle/Al Ahly/Auckland vs. Real Madrid | TBD |
3rd Place Match
The two semifinal losers play for third place and a spot on the podium.
| Date | Round | Match | Time (GMT / ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Feb. 11 | 3rd Place | Semi 1 loser vs. Semi 2 loser | TBD |
Final
The semifinal winners will have the opportunity to play for the FIFA Club World Cup trophy on Saturday, February 11 with Real Madrid and Flamengo the favorites to face off for the title.
| Date | Round | Match | Time (GMT / ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Feb. 11 | Final | Semi 1 winner vs. Semi 2 winner | TBD |
FIFA Club World Cup expansion
On December 16, 2022 FIFA announced the launch of an expanded 32-team Club World Cup set to begin in June 2025 and held during the summer every four years, similar to the World Cup for national teams.
It’s still unclear how the 32 spots would be allocated to each region and what the qualifying criteria would be. But FIFA president Gianni Infantino did make it clear that the intention is that “they will be the best teams in the world”.
Original plans for expansion of the tournament had called for a 24-team Club World Cup to be played in 2021, but that tournament never got off the ground due to scheduling conflicts and fixture congestion resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new expanded tournament is set to replace the FIFA Confederations Cup, which in the past served as a test run for the men’s World Cup host country the year before the tournament. That could explain why the USA is reportedly a potential host for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, one year prior to the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Club World Cup champions all-time
Between 1960 and 2004 the club champions of Europe and South America faced off in a single-match showdown for the Intercontinental Cup, widely believed to have crowned the best club team in the world. Of those 43 editions held, a European side won 21 times and South American clubs were champions on 22 occasions.
But at the turn of the century, FIFA decided that it was time to expand and allow clubs from other continents to participate, launching the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000. After the collapse of FIFA’s marketing partner ISL, FIFA had to put the idea on hiatus and resumed it in 2005, this time replacing the Intercontinental Cup for good.
Below is a full rundown of all the FIFA Club World Cup winners and runners-up since the current tournament format was introduced in 2000. Spanish side Real Madrid have won the trophy a record four times, and will be hoping to add a fifth title in 2023.
FIFA Club World Cup winners all-time
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Brazil | Corinthians | 0-0 (4-3 PKs) |
Vasco da Gama |
| 2005 | Japan | Sao Paulo | 1-0 | Liverpool |
| 2006 | Japan | Internacional | 1-0 | Barcelona |
| 2007 | Japan | AC Milan | 4-2 | Boca Juniors |
| 2008 | Japan | Man United | 1-0 | LDU Quito |
| 2009 | UAE | Barcelona | 2-1 (a.e.t.) |
Estudiantes |
| 2010 | UAE | Inter Milan | 3-0 | TP Mazembe |
| 2011 | Japan | Barcelona | 4-0 | Santos |
| 2012 | Japan | Corinthians | 1-0 | Chelsea |
| 2013 | Morocco | Bayern Munich | 2-0 | Raja Casablanca |
| 2014 | Morocco | Real Madrid | 2-0 | San Lorenzo |
| 2015 | Japan | Barcelona | 3-0 | River Plate |
| 2016 | Japan | Real Madrid | 4-2 (a.e.t.) |
Kashima Antlers |
| 2017 | UAE | Real Madrid | 1-0 | Gremio |
| 2018 | UAE | Real Madrid | 4-1 | Al-Ain |
| 2019 | Qatar | Liverpool | 1-0 (a.e.t.) |
Flamengo |
| 2020 | Qatar | Bayern Munich | 1-0 | UANL Tigres |
| 2022 | UAE | Chelsea | 2-1 (a.e.t.) |
Palmeiras |