Al Ahly comes out of Egypt having qualified after winning the CAF Champions League in 2020-21. This is the club’s 10th trip to the CWC, and fourth year in a row. Al Ahly has finished third in three of the last four tournaments.

The new FIFA Club World Cup has officially begun, an intercontinental competition that kicked off with the match between Messi's Inter Miami and Egypt's Al-Ahly. The match, which ended in a