Liverpool will travel to Qatar in December
to compete at Fifa's Club World Cup after
the Gulf state was named as the new
host.
The annual tournament, featuring the
champions of six continents, will take
place in the winter with Champions
League winners Liverpool entering at the
semi-final stage.
Qatar will hold the next two editions of
the tournament in 2019 and 2020.
It will also host the World Cup in 2022.
It had previously been reported that the
Club World Cup would not take place this
year after Fifa approved changes for the
tournament.
One of those changes was to replace it
with a 24-team tournament which would
take place every four years instead of the
Confederations Cup.
Liverpool's last appearance in the Club
World Cup came in Japan after their
Champions League triumph in 2005. They
lost 1-0 to South American champions
Sao Paulo in in the final.
Real Madrid won last year's Club World
Cup, beating the United Arab Emirates' Al
Ain 4-1 in the final
in December for their third title in as
many years.
Earlier on Monday, the organising
committee of the Qatar 2022 World Cup
released its latest workers report, in
which it said it was "extremely proud of
the progress made over the past year".
However, it also gave details of the work-
related death of one employee, which
resulted in the "removal" of "several key
staff including senior health and safety
managers".
It also reported the non-work-related
deaths of 10 workers, including one who
was struck by a car.
Hassan Al-Thawadi, the secretary-general
of the Supreme Committee for Delivery
and Legacy, told the BBC that "every
death is a tragedy".
"In relation to workers' welfare, while
progress has been made in the state of
Qatar, there's still a lot more to be done,"
he said.

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