In some of the more eye-catching results of the draw, Manchester City were grouped with Juventus, while Paris Saint-Germain drew both Atletico Madrid and Botafogo into their group.
Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will play in Group A alongside FC Porto and Palmeiras, while European champions Real Madrid were drawn into Group H with Neymar's Al Hilal of Suadi Arabia.
Below you can see the full groups for the tournament.
The draw, conducted by Italian World Cup winner and former Juventus great Alessandro Del Piero, included a recorded message from newly elected US President Donald Trump in which he complimented FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
“The event is going to be incredible. I'll try to be there. If I can, I'll see what happens,” Trump said.
“But I just want to say that you are led by a man named Gianni. I just know him as Gianni and he's a winner and he's the president, and I'm the president.
“We've known each other for a long time, and I'm so honored to have a relationship like this because football is going through the roof. As everyone knows, things are going fantastically well… and it's really taking over.” the United States in terms of the sport.”
Group A
Palmeiras (Brazil)
FC Porto (Portugal)
Al Ahly (Egypt)
InterMiami (USA)
Group B
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Botafogo (Brazil)
Seattle sirens (USA)
Group C
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Auckland City FC (New Zealand)
Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Benfica (Portugal)
Group D
Flamengo (Brazil)
Esperance Tunis (Tunisia)
Chelsea (England)
Club Leon (Mexico)
Group E
River Plate (Argentina)
Urawa red diamonds (Japan)
Monterrey (Mexico)
Inter Milan (Italy)
Group F
Fluminense (Brazil)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Ulsan (South Korea)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Group G
Manchester City (England)
Wydad (Morocco)
Al Ain (UAE)
Juventus (Italy)
Group H
Real Madrid (Spain)
Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Pachuca (Mexico)
Salzburg (Austria)
The group winners and runners-up will advance to the Round of 16, which will be followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.
The final will take place on July 13 at MetLife Stadium in New York.
FIFA Club World Cup Locations:
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
TQL Stadium (Cincinnati)
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles)
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami)
GEODIS Park (Nashville)
MetLife Stadium (New Jersey)
Camping World Stadium (Orlando)
Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
Lincoln financial field (Philadelphia)
Lumen field (Seattle)
Audi field (Washington)
Rules of the draw:
There was a general principle that no group could contain more than one team from the same confederation, except UEFA (Europe), which is represented by twelve clubs at the tournament. As a result, four of the eight groups contain two European clubs.
Clubs from the same affiliated association could also not be brought together and all clubs from Pot 1 were assigned to the first position of the group in which they were included.
For scheduling purposes, both US clubs – Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders – were automatically assigned to the fourth position in Groups A and B respectively.
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