Esperance of Tunisia is looking forward to translating its ambitions into global successes during its upcoming participation in the Club World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in the summer of 2025 in the United States of America, and this edition of which is distinguished by the fact that it carries a new character in its form and the number of participating teams, which increases the importance of the draw that will determine the course of the clubs.
Expectations indicate that the draw will be held during the first week of next December, as fans hope…Team Blood and Gold“If the draw results in a lucky outcome, it gives the Tunisian team the opportunity to overcome the obstacle of the first round and reach advanced stages of the tournament.
Esperance fans are eagerly anticipating this historic event, with great hope that the start will be successful and that the team will achieve results befitting its history. The fans also aspire to see their team overcome the obstacle of the first stage of the tournament, thus reflecting the strength of Tunisian football on the international scene.
Esperance and the Club World Cup…classification rules and their impact on the draw
The winwin platform learned from its sources at the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) that there are several proposals regarding the classification rules for comparison between the clubs participating in the first edition.
First: The club classification is calculated based on the results and classification of these teams’ teams in the monthly classification issued by FIFA, taking into account the geographical distribution among the six continents.
Second: The clubs, including Esperance, are classified based on their results during participation in the editions that were held in the World Cup with its old system, but this proposal is not accepted, in light of the non-participation of a large number of clubs participating in the past editions of the World Cup. Club World Cup.
Third: The clubs are classified based on their results and wins in the championships at the continental level in the last three editions, taking into account the geographical distribution between the six continents during the lottery ceremony.
Fourth: Clubs are classified based on points collected according to several criteria, including, for example: the monthly classification of the teams of these clubs, with the results of the teams at the continental level for the last three years, and the results of the clubs that participated in the last three editions of the Club World Cup competitions under the old system. .
Taking into account all the proposals for the various classification rules, Esperance will most likely fall into the third or fourth classification, given the decline in the Tunisian team’s ranking to 35th place in the world, and also given its results in the last editions of the African Champions League competition, as well as in its previous World Cup participation.
List of participating teams
Esperance is participating in the tournament as runner-up to the African champion, accompanied by 3 other clubs: Al-Ahly Champions, Moroccan Wydad, and South Africa’s Sundowns, in addition to 4 Asian teams: Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, Al-Ain of the Emirates, Aurora Reds of Japan, and Ulsan of Korea.
12 teams from Europe will participate in the tournament: Chelsea and Manchester City of England, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich of Germany, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid of Spain, Inter Milan and Juventus of Italy, Porto and Benfica of Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain of France and Red Salzburg of Austria.
South America is represented by the quintet of Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminense from Brazil, River Plate and Boca Juniors from Argentina, along with Auckland City from New Zealand from Oceania, and the CONCAF quartet of Monterrey, Lyon and Pachuca from Mexico and Seattle from the United States.
