ABU DHABI 4 June 2017: Football fans in the UAE and around the world can now book their tickets for the Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2017, which will be held from 6th to 16th December across two stadia, Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City and Al Ain’s Hazza Bin Zayed.
According to the organisers, the tickets, exclusive to Visa cardholders, are now on sale on the official web-site, fifa.com/uae2017, said Wam.
Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2017’s third qualifying team will be announced this Saturday, 3rd June, as Italian legends, Juventus, come face to face with Spain’s undefeated Real Madrid. This could potentially be Juventus’s debut in the Club World Cup, or the return of the reigning champions, Real Madrid, for their fourth participation in the Fifa tournament.
This weekend, all eyes are on the UEFA Champions League Final as millions of fans countdown to celebrating the league’s victors and Fifa Club World Cup’s European qualifiers. The 14th edition of the tournament will see seven giants of club football play eight title-deciding matches for the prestigious title of World Champions.
Five out of seven teams are yet to qualify for the world’s biggest club football competition. Among the first to book their spot in the Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2017 are Mexico’s Club World Cup veterans, Pachuca, and New Zealand’s Auckland City, who will make a record-breaking ninth appearance in the tournament this December.
Aref Al Awani, Tournament Director of the local organising committee for the Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2017, said, “With the third qualifying team soon to be confirmed in the next few days, the tournament is shaping up to be one of the most exciting club football spectacles in the world this year.”
By Angel Chan