For the FIFA World Cup lovers among us, the Club World Cup will follow a recognisable pattern.
The 32 teams have been split into eight groups of four, where they will play each other once in the group stage.
The top two teams on points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw) will go through to the knockout stage, while the bottom two clubs will be eliminated.
If clubs are level on points, then the result between the two teams will be used to split them — not goal difference.
The knockout stage begins with the Round of 16, where the group winners will face a different group’s runner-up. The following stages should be familiar from there.
At this point, matches that are level after 90 mins will see 30 minutes of extra time split over two halves. If a match is still a draw at this point, it is penalty shootout time!
One thing you won’t see at this tournament is a third-place play-off. The defeated semi-finalists get to go straight home.
