Club León has lost its appeal against Fifa at the court for arbitration for sports and will not play in Club -World Cup Next month in the United States. As a result, América, another Mexican team and Los Angeles FC from MLS will compete in a playoffs to fill the vacancy.
TACK stated that its judges rejected León’s attempt to overturn their exclusion of FIFA from the 32 team tournament to belong to the same ownership group as Pachuca, another participant in the Club World Cup.
“The panel examined the evidence, including the club León Trust established by the club owners, and concluded that this confidence was insufficient to comply with the regulations, “ SA is taken in a statement.
The taken decision, one day after the appeal hearing, allows FIFA to organize the playoffs to complete the list of 32 teams for the tournament starting June 14. FIFA has not announced a date and place for the playoffs, which will guarantee the winner almost $ 10 million from the Club World Cups $ 1 billion prize.
FIFA’s plan to replace León
America Against LAFC, FIFA’s plan was always to replace the club León in the next club -World Cup, once made the decision on participation or not by The fair In the international tournament was known.
This was recognized by the president of the highest body in world football himself, after a press conference two weeks ago at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, one of the places that will host the competition that will start on June 15.
“If the Court for Sport Conducts the decision by FIFA’s appeal committee, it is possibly playing a match, a playoffs, between THe team that lost the Champions finals with León, which is LAFC, and the next team in the ranking, which is América“ Said Infantino.
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FIFA’s official statement
FIFA has received a positive decision adopted by the Court for Sport’s Arbitration (TAS) to reject appeal from CF Pachuca, Club León and Asociación Liga Deportive Alajuelene in relation to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 ″.
“According to applicable regulations and To determine the team that will replace Club León in the competition, FIFA has decided to organize a playoffs Mellan Los Angeles Football Club (löpare av CONCACAF Champions League 2023, bakom Club León) och Club América (klubben som bäst placeras i konfederationsrankningen för FIFA Club World Cup i slutet av 2024-upplagan av CONCACAF Champions Cup, det vill säga den sista säsongen som är på väg till rangordningen i Clubs i FIFA club 2025, ” The note concludes and describes the reasons that led them to chose this couple of North American institutions.
How does Lafc work against the América playoffs?
LAFC vs. América will play an endgamewhich will define the team that will occupy the club León’s place in the World Cup 2025. Therefore, the winner will access Group D, together with Flamengo (Brazil), Chelsea (England) and Espérance Sportive (Tunisia).
