Chelsea will play Flamengo of Brazil, while Manchester City will play Juventus in the Fifa Club World Cup group stage.
Pep Guardiola’s City, who defeated Fluminense of Brazil to win the event for the first time in 2023, will play Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in Group G and Morocco’s Wydad in their title defense.
The 2021 final champion Chelsea was also placed in Group D, along with Club Leon of Mexico and Esperance Sportive de Tunisie of Tunisia.
Next year, from June 15 to July 13, the United States will host the redesigned FIFA Club World Cup, which has been extended to 32 teams.
A new Club World Cup trophy was unveiled following a convoluted and drawn-out draw ceremony that took place over 90 minutes ago at two different venues in Miami.
Additionally, the first team was drawn by a video greeting from Donald Trump, the future US president, whose daughter Ivanka was included.
The first game, which will be played in Miami, will pit Inter Miami against Al Ahly, an Egyptian team, at Hard Rock Stadium.
In other news, Bayern Munich will play Benfica in another all-European group-stage match, while Paris St-Germain and Atletico Madrid were placed in Group B.
The top two teams advance to the knockout stage after each team plays the other once during the group phase.
