The best-known representative and at the same time clear favorite is of course the team from Europe, namely the UEFA Champions League winner Chelsea FC.

This is how the FIFA Club World Cup 2022 goes – participants, schedule, mode as well as favorites and betting odds for the Club World Cup 2022.

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FIFA Club World Cup 2022 participants: The 7 teams at a glance

FIFA Club World Cup 2022: date, time & place

The 2022 Club World Cup has already undergone some changes, because actually a completely different mode had been considered by the world federation in the meantime.

There were to be 24 teams competing against each other in June and July. Due to the Covid postponements of the European Championship and Copa America, the date was moved to December. Because host Japan also declined due to Corona, it was eventually moved to February 2022 and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

There, the World Club Championship will now start on February 3 before the final takes place on February 12.

The matches will be played at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium (42,000 seats) and al Nahyan Stadium (15,000 seats).

Match Schedule & Mode of the FIFA Club World Cup 2022

1st round: February 3, 2022:
al-Jazira Club vs AS Pirae (4:1)

Quarterfinals: February 5 & 6, 2022:
al Ahly SC vs CF Monterrey (1:0)
al-Hilal vs al-Jazira Club (6:1)

Match for 5th place: February 9, 2022:
CF Monterrey vs al-Jazira Club (3:1)

Semifinals: February 8 & 9, 2022:
Palmeiras vs Al Ahly (2:0)
al-Hilal vs Chelsea FC (0:1)

Match for 3rd place: February 12, 2022:
al-Hilal vs Al Ahly (14.00, al Nahyan Stadium)

Final: February 12, 2021:
Chelsea FC – Palmeiras (5:30 p.m., Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium)

In the 1st round, only al-Jazira Club will play against AS Pirae from Tahiti. This has been re-nominated because OFC winners Auckland City, like last year, cannot take part due to teise restrictions in New Zealand.

The winner of this match will play the 2nd round, practically the quarterfinals, against al-Hilal while in the parallel match al-Ahly and Monterrey will cross blades.

It is not until the next round that the two favorites get in, namely Copa Libertadores winners Palmeiras and, of course, CL winners Chelsea. However, the two can only meet in a final.

In addition to this, there will be a match for 5th place as well as a match for 3rd place, which are also the only matches without extra time, here it goes directly to a penalty shootout.

All other games have twice 15 minutes as extra time beforehand. VAR is available and red cards are valid beyond the tournament.

Club World Cup 2022 on free TV: TV broadcast & Livestream

The Fifa Club World Cup 2021 – as it is officially still called – is this time actually on free TV in Germany to see, this was not the case in recent years, even with the participant of Bayern.

This year, however, the TV station Sport1 secured the rights to the intercontinental tournament. From the semifinals onwards, the broadcaster will broadcast live on Sport1 and stream on Sport1 Extra.

The team for the individual games has not yet been determined. However, it is quite possible that the Bundesliga experts will be in action.

Club World Cup: TV dates on Sport1:

• Tue, Feb 8, 2022 from 17:25: Semifinal Palmeiras SP – al-Ahly/CF Monterrey | Commentator: Jochen Stutzky
• Wed., Feb. 9, 2022 starting at 5:00 p.m.: Semifinals Chelsea FC – al-Hilal/al-Jazira/AS Pirae | Commentator: Oliver Forster
• Sat., February 12, 2022 from 5:00 p.m.: Final Winner HF 1 – Winner HF 2 | Commentator: Jochen Stutzky

Club World Cup 2022 betting odds: favorite clearly Chelsea

In the 17 FIFA Club World Cups to date, just four non-European clubs have managed to win the Club World Cup.

And those four winners (2x Corinthians, Porto Alegre & FC Sao Paulo) were all from Brazil, so the favoritism of these two continents comes naturally.

However, as the Club World Cup is rising in prestige, teams from Europe are also taking the competition much more seriously than before, with the result that the last non-European tournament victory dates from the 2012/13 – Season .

FC Bayern was victorious last time, if everything goes normally, Chelsea FC will follow this year.

FIFA Club World Cup Winners since 2012

Due to the enormously tight calendar in the Premier League at this time of year, Thomas Tuchel might find himself rotating a lot. That could help the competition. The odds of the Betting provider but of course have the Blues as clear favorites, even clearer than FCB was in the last edition.

With a win, Chelsea could clinch the first ever Club World Cup title in history. In fact, it was the London club that was the last CL winner not to win. Back then they lost 1:0 against Corinthians. With a full success, Chelsea would become the third English club to win the title, after Liverpool FC and Manchester United.