What are Some of the Biggest Soccer Events Happening in 2021
The FIFA Club World Cup is set to take place in Qatar from February 1st to February 11th. This will be the 18th edition of the tournament and it will feature clubs from all over the world. The teams that have qualified for this year’s event are: Al-Duhail (Qatar), Bayern Munich (Germany), Boca Juniors (Argentina), Tigres UANL (Mexico), Palmeiras (Brazil), Ulsan Hyundai FC (South Korea), Al Ahly SC (Egypt) and Auckland City FC (New Zealand).
It will be interesting to see how these teams fare against each other, especially since there is such a wide variety of teams represented. This tournament always provides great soccer and it should be no different this year.
The UEFA Champions League is also set to return in 2021 after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first leg of the round of 16 was originally supposed to take place in February/March of 2020 but was pushed back due to the pandemic. The new schedule has the first leg taking place from February 16th-24th and the second leg taking place from March 9th-17th. Some of the big names still remaining in the competition are Liverpool, Manchester City, Barcelona, Juventus, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. With so many great teams still alive, this promises to be an exciting tournament with plenty of goals and drama.
Another big soccer event happening in 2021 is Euro 2021 which was originally supposed to take place in 2020 but was postponed due to COVID-19. The tournament is now scheduled for June 11th-July 11th and will be played all over Europe at 12 different venues. 24 countries will participate in this tournament including: England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium who are all ranked within the top 10 in the world according to FIFA’s rankings. This promises to be a great tournament with some of the best soccer teams in the world going head-to-head.