ZURICH (Reuters) - The Asian Champions League winners were handed a tough draw for this year's Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi when they were placed on Monday in the same half as European champions Real Madrid. The AFC champions will meet either Oceania champions Auckland City or Al Jazira in the quarter-finals with the winners facing title-holders Real in the semis of the tournament in December. The other quarter-final will pit CONCACAF champions Pachuca against the African champions with the winners to meet the South American champions - also still to be decided - in the last four. Barcelona (Ecuador), Gremio (Brazil) and Argentine sides River Plate and Lanus have reached the South American Libertadores Cup semi-finals. USM Alger (Algeria), Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), Al Ahly (Egypt) and Etoile de Sahel (Tunisia) are the last four in the African Champions League.

Source: The Star October 09, 2017 10:52 UTC