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Article: FIFA confirms Club World Championship will go ahead in 2005
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- May 17, 2004
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AP Worldstream
05-17-2004
Dateline: PARIS
The Club World Championship will replace the Toyota Cup starting in 2005, FIFA said Monday.
The world soccer body's executive committee said the competition will go ahead in Tokyo from December 11-18 featuring a new six-team format and with US$15 million prize money.
The six continental club champions will play a total of seven matches, with European and South American teams playing only two games. As seeded teams, they won't enter the competition until the semifinals in a bid to stave off potential player burn out and assuage club coaches.
European clubs have been strongly opposed to reviving the event, which they said would add too much to the ...