2020 FIFA Club World Cup: Tournament News & Qualifiers [R]

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  1. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
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    Bayern win their 6th title and are now level with Liverpool as third most successful club (both are just one behind AC Milan). In the end Bayern were simply more clinical. It was ironically Parisian Kingsley Coman who sunk PSG.
     
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  2. unclesox

    unclesox BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 8, 2003
    209, California
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Bayern. [emoji1] I don’t care much for the way PSG got to the position they enjoy today as perennial Champions League contenders. Same with Manchester City and the like.
    As for the “sextuple”, I’ve never been big on that. I find six trophies during the course of a [i/]season[/i] as a more impressive claim than six trophies during a calendar year.
     
  3. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    I suppose the next date to keep an eye on now is the FIFA Council meeting in September before the FIFA Congress on the 18th. They need to take some kind of decision on the 2020 CWC then.
     
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  4. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
  5. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Rough, but understandable.
     
  6. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I guess that means that Duhail would go straight the quarterfinals then should this thing go ahead, or the AFC runners up should Al Sadd win the champions league. Talking about Al Sadd... went to see them tonight in the newly-opened Education City Stadium. Why's this relevant here? Well, this is where last year's CWC final and semifinal (Liv v Monterrey) + 5th placed match was supposed to be played. Instead it got moved to Khalifa Stadium, would have preferred this to be honest...



    They've also got a nice new song for Santi Carzola as you can tell..
     
  7. AlbertCamus

    AlbertCamus Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    Sep 2, 2005
    Colorado, USA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
  8. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
  9. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
  10. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    The ball is rolling again in (West) Asia and South America.


    Former MLS star Giovinco scored on one of his patented freekicks and so did former Swiss national team player Eren Derdiyok.

    CAF however moved semis and final to October and November respectively.

    Zero news out of CONCACAF.
     
  11. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Too bad they aren't allowing a limited number of fans to attend the games.. I guess maybe that would give an unfair advantage to the Qatari teams. We are allowed to attend local games but in limited numbers and adhering to the covid19 rules. Would liked to have caught Pakhtakor!
     
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  12. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    Doesn't look like the CWC came up at the FIFA Council meeting today. If FIFA won't do it, then I will. I hereby officially declare the 2020 CWC as.......




    ...... not happening in December 2020. :D
     
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  13. Nacional Tijuana

    Nacional Tijuana St. Louis City

    St. Louis City SC
    May 6, 2003
    San Diego, Calif.
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder how the expanded '21 edition is looking at this point.

    Maybe that'll be the unexpanded '20 Cup.
     
  14. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    Infantino: 2020 FIFA Club World Cup unlikely to happen
    https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/infantino-2020-fifa-club-world-cup-unlikely-happen/

     
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  15. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  16. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    I believe both, FIFA Council meeting and Congress were conducted via audio/conference call. That booking must be related to the AFC CL.
     
  17. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
  18. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    The final eight are set in West Asia (R16):

    Al Ahli (KSA) - Shabab Al Ahli (UAE)
    Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan) - Esteghlal (Iran)
    Persepolis (Iran) - Al Sadd (Qatar)
    Al Nassr (KSA) - Al Taawoun (KSA)

    Somehow Qatari champions Al Duhail managed to give up their advancement against Al Taawoun. It all progresses fairly quickly from here. The West Asian finalist of the 2020 ACL will known on the 3rd of October. To the reading MLS fans, Pity Martinez is already involved with Al Nassr after his transfer from Atlanta. Already had an assist I believe.

    Meanwhile in UEFA, Bayern remain on track for a hypothetical "sextuple" after winning the UEFA Super Cup over Sevilla. The German Super Cup is next week and would be the fifth title for them this calendar year.
     
  19. unclesox

    unclesox BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 8, 2003
    209, California
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    But the Club World Cup... still a-go?
     
  20. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    #95 Nico Limmat, Sep 24, 2020
    Last edited: Sep 24, 2020
    Well, that's the big question mark - isn't it. I think if they can't find some room for it in the first quarter of 2021 it probably won't happen.

    I haven't looked at the Bundesliga schedule yet in detail, but maybe they could hold it in Germany this time? I imagine it will be quite tight (without the usual winter break?) and that way Bayern don't have to travel.

    If you eliminate the host team (sorry Al Duhail) you could play the whole thing in a week. Schalke's indoor ground would be ideal as one of the venues. Then again there is no OFC winner, so maybe Al Duhail could take their place. Then again CONCACAF may not have a winner either given the complete radio silence so just have a final four between UEFA, C'BOL, CAF and the AFC in Gelsenkirchen. :D
     
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  21. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    The final four are set in West Asia:

    Al Nassr (KSA) - Al Ahli (KSA)
    Persepolis (Iran) - Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan)

    After eliminating one of the big two Tehran clubs (Esteghlal), Pakhtakor now have to face the other. If the 2020 CWC does take place in Qatar with a host team then Al Duhail just secured their participation with Al Sadd's elimination!
     
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  22. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep, it was a sadd day for Qatari football the other day... yeah I know it's an old pun, but what duhail might as well try.... Might get to attend the Pakhtakor-Persepolis game if my "wasta" comes through.... Would love, love, love to see Pakhtakor in the Club World Cup... would wear my shirt around for days...

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  23. jesta

    jesta Member+

    Feb 9, 2014
  24. Every Four Years

    May 16, 2015
    Miramar, Florida
    Nat'l Team:
    India
    Those are some neat-looking uniforms, gotta say.
     
  25. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    Are you attending tonight?

    With all UAE clubs eliminated I'm definitely on the Pakhtakor bandwagon now given that they have former Swiss international Eren Derdiyok. And it was his goal that fired them into the quarterfinals!

     

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