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2023 FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP

Finals Draw

First Round

Dec13: Al Ittihad (KSA) v Auckland City (Nzl)

Second Round

Dec15: Leon (Mex) v Urawa Red Diamonds (Jpn); Al Ahly (Egy) v Al Ittihad (KSA) or Auckland City (Nzl)

Semi-finals

Dec18: Al Ahly (Egy) or Al Ittihad (KSA) or Auckland City (Nzl) v CONMEBOL winner

Dec19: Leon (Mex) or Urawa Red Diamonds (Jpn) v Manchester City (Eng)

Third Place Match

Dec 22: Semi-final losers

Final

Dec 22: Semi-final winners

EUROPE

2023-24 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Play-Offs

Aug 22-23: Rangers (Sco) 2-2 PSV (Ned); Antwerp (Bel) 1-0 AEK Athens (Gre); Rakow Czestochowa (Pol) 0-1 Copenhagen (Den); Maccabi Haifa (Isr) 0-0 Young Boys (Sui); Molde (Nor) 2-3 Galatasaray (Tur); Braga (Por) 2-1 Panathinaikos (Gre)

Aug 29-30: Panathinaikos (Gre) 0-1 Braga (Por) (agg1-3); Galatasaray (Tur) 2-1 Molde (Nor) (agg 5-3); Young Boys (Sui) 3-0 Maccabi Haifa (Isr) (agg 3-0); AEK Athens (Gre)1-2 Antwerp (Bel) (agg1-3); Copenhagen (Den)1-1 Rakow Czestochowa (Pol) (agg 2-1); PSV (Ned) 5-1 Rangers (Sco) (agg 7-3)

Group Stage Draw

Group A

Bayern Munich (Ger), Manchester United (Eng), Copenhagen (Den), Galatasaray (Tur)

Group B

Sevilla (Spa), Arsenal (Eng), PSV (Ned), Lens (Fra)

Group C

Napoli (Ita), Real Madrid (Spa), Braga (Por), Union Berlin (Ger)

Group D

Benfica (Por), Internazionale (Ita), Red Bull Salzburg (Aut), Real Sociedad (Spa)

Group E

Feyenoord (Ned), Atletico Madrid (Spa), Lazio (Ita), Celtic (Sco)

Group F

Paris Saint-Germain (Fra), Borussia Dortmund (Ger), Milan (Ita), Newcastle United (Eng)

Group G

Manchester City (Eng), RB Leipzig (Ger), Red Star Belgrade (Srb), Young Boys (Sui)

Group H

Barcelona (Spa), Porto (Por), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr), Antwerp (Bel)

*Group stage commenced September 19

2023-24 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

Play-Offs

Slavia Prague (Cze) 2-0 Zorya Luhansk (Ukr); Olympiakos (Gre) 3-1 Cukaricki (Srb); Union Saint-Gilloise (Bel)

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