Real Madrid will face Seattle Sounders, Auckland City or Al Ahly in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals after the draw for the competition took place on Friday.
The tournament, which features a total of seven teams, will take place in Morocco starting on Feb. 1, with the final on Saturday, Feb. 11.
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Madrid — as the 2022 UEFA Champions League winners — and Brazil’s Flamengo, winners of the 2022 CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores, qualify directly for the semifinals.
Egypt’s Al Ahly, who were runners-up in the 2022 CAF Champions League, will play 2022 OFC Champions League winners Auckland City FC in the tournament’s opening match.
The winner of that game will advance to play Seattle Sounders — 2022 CONCACAF Champions and the first U.S. team to take part in the Club World Cup — in match two, with the winners going on to face Madrid in the semifinals on Feb. 8.
