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Liverpool's path to FIFA Club World Cup glory confirmed after 2 finals end

  /  autty

Liverpool will head to Qatar in a bid to claim the Club World Cup for the first time in their history next month.

The Reds will enter at the semi-final stage of the competition on December 17, with the final and third-place playoff set to take place four days later.

Their opponents are, therefore, yet to be decided with first and second-round matches due to take place on December 11 and 14.

However, there have been results in other tournaments around the world involving teams set to play in the CWC which has in turn outlined everyone who Jurgen Klopp's side will face.

Al-Hilal's victory in AFC Champions League final on Sunday means they take the final spot in the competition with Flamengo confirming their own berth after winning the Copa Libertadores on Saturday.

The win for Al-Hilal means they will enter in the second round of the competition, while Flamengo will join at the semi-final stage alongside Liverpool, though both teams are in separate halves of the competition.

Al Sadd SC's elimination from the AFC Champions League at the semi-final stage in late October means the Qatari side will enter the Club World Cup in the first round as the host country's representative.

They host Hienghène Sport from the French Pacific island overseas territory of New Caledonia in the first round of the Club World Cup on December 11 and the winners of that will face Mexican side CF Monterrey with the victors in turn taking on Liverpool in the semi-final on December 18.

The other semi-final will be between Copa Libertadores winners Flamengo and the victors from the other second round tie between the Al-Hilal and ES Tunis of Tunisia on December 17.

Should they win their semi-final, Liverpool will then have the opportunity to become world champions of the club game for the first time in their history on December 21.

December 11

First round

Al Sadd SC v Hienghène Sport (Match 1)

December 14

Second round

CF Monterrey v Match 1 winners (Match 2)

Al-Hilal v ES Tunis (Match 3)

December 17

Fifth-place play-off

Semi-final

Flamengo v Match 3 winners

December 18

Semi-final

Match 2 winners v Liverpool

December 21

Third-place play-off

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