2021 CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly and 2022 champions Wydad Casablanca have qualified for the new 32-team format FIFA Club World Cup in 2025.
The African duo join former European champions Chelsea and Real Madrid alongside Asian champions Al Hilal and American clubs Pameiras, Flamengo, Monterrey and Seattle Sounders as qualified teams for the revamped competition.
Following the FIFA Council meeting in Kigali, the world football governing body announced radical changes to the Club World Cup with participating teams increasing from the current seven clubs to 32.
The Club World Cup will also take place every four years (just like the World Cup), starting from 2025.
Europe has the highest allocation with 12 clubs followed by four representatives from Africa, South America, North America and Asia while Oceania will have a representative alongside the host country.
For confederations with four slots, the champions of their Champions League in the four-year period between 2021 and 2024 get direct entry to the 2025 FIFA World Cup.
Meanwhile, the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup will be hosted in Saudi Arabia between December 12-22, after Real Madrid clinched the 2022 crown in Morocco in February.
