Club World Cup - Japan (hopefully).

[TokyoBlue]

The last major trophy for Chelsea to complete the set (discounting the new Europa Conference, for now).

Hard to be sure where this will be held of course. Regardless, anyone making plans?

[TokyoBlue]

Dates confirmed as December 9th (Thursday) to December 19th (Sunday), 2021.

Chelsea's games will be 16th and 19th December.

From the Japanese Football Association. Better start practicing your Kanji!

http://www.jfa.jp/match/fcwc_2021/

Edited June 23, 2021 by TokyoBlue

[LongtimerLurker]

Really want to win this. The loss to that Brazilian team in 2012 hurt because I think it would have been nice to have the recognition of being the best club in the world through that competition as well.

There were recent plans to revamp the competition and that would have included previous ucl winners and Europa from up to around 3-4 seasons ago and we actually qualified from our 2019 win. Alas covid changed everything and the plans were scraped.

Therefore, our only hope to play in the competition was to win the ucl and fortunately that's exactly what we did.

Let's hope we go all the way this time and not lose in the finals!

[TokyoBlue]

Yeah I was there in Yokohama that night. Corinthians fans from Brazil alone took up about 50% of the stadium. We had the Japanese fans though.

They take the tournament very seriously over there in South America and hopefully we do the same this time.

Winning it will establish Chelsea firmly on the global stage.

[Eight Times]

Be nice to win it, even if it's just the once, just to cross it off the list.  Having said that I couldn't name you three previous finals in this competition.

[Jezz]

Really desperate to win this.

2012 still hurts after all these years.

[TokyoBlue]

Upcoming Finals to watch out for:
28th Oct - CONCACAF Champions League Final
20th Nov - Copa Libertadores Final
27th Nov - Asian Champions League Final
4th Dec  - J League final day (hosts Japan)

Already qualified:
African Champions - Al Ahly (Egypt)
Oceana Champions - Auckland City (New Zealand)
European Champions - You know who we are...

 

Edited August 14, 2021 by TokyoBlue

[Scott Harris]

On 07/08/2021 at 15:01, Jezz said:

Really desperate to win this.

2012 still hurts after all these years.

Should never have lost that. Benitez's sh*tty tactics cost us.

[TokyoBlue]

Seems the trip to Japan is no more. ☹️

Qatar being likely replacement.

https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/news/report-chelsea-set-to-play-2021-club-world-cup-away-from-japan-qatar-linked-as-possible-venue

Edited September 8, 2021 by TokyoBlue