{"id":418999,"date":"2026-10-22T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=418999"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:25:30","slug":"qatar-to-host-intercontinental-cup-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/qatar-to-host-intercontinental-cup-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar to host Intercontinental Cup finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2014 FIFA announced Thursday (22) that Qatar will host the final stage of the 2026 Intercontinental Cup, previously known as the Club World Cup. The country also hosted the last two editions of the Intercontinental Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qatar will host three matches from December 9 to 16 this year. FIFA has yet to announce the stadiums. French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has secured a place in the final stage after winning the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Intercontinental Cup began in August. Brazilian clubs Flamengo and Palmeiras, along with Argentina\u2019s Estudiantes, could reach the final stage. All three are still competing in the Copa Libertadores, whose champion will be decided in Qatar. Palmeiras secured a place in the Libertadores final on Wednesday night (21), beating Fluminense on penalties. The other spot will be decided Thursday night, when Flamengo face Estudiantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read also<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-teams-world-cup-standings\/\">Arab teams\u2019 World Cup standings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-418990\">\u00a9Franck Fipe\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar will host the final matches of the Intercontinental Cup from December 9 to 16, FIFA announced Thursday (22).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":418990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[36468,58467,9731,58466,38663,3260,51624,27694,18981],"class_list":{"0":"post-418999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-copa-en-2","9":"tag-estudiantes","10":"tag-fifa-en","11":"tag-final","12":"tag-flamengo-en-2","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-intercontinental-cup","15":"tag-palmeiras-2-en","16":"tag-palmeiras"},"wps_subtitle":"Qatar will host the final matches of the Intercontinental Cup from December 9 to 16, FIFA announced Thursday (22).","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419002,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418999\/revisions\/419002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}