"European Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will play their first-ever Intercontinental Cup final in Doha, Qatar, on December 17, FIFA has said. The announcement came on Sunday, even as PSG's opponents will be determined four days earlier in the final playoff, called the Challenger Cup. This will pit Egyptian club Pyramids, the African champions, against the winner of the match between Central American champions Cruz Azul from Mexico and the future winner of the Copa Libertadores."
"From 1960 to 2004, the Intercontinental Cup pitted the champions of Europe and South America against each other. In 2005, it was renamed the Club World Cup to include other continental champions, but that competition was relaunched this year as a quadrennial tournament featuring 32 teams with Chelsea as the inaugural winners of the new format. The Intercontinental Cup was relaunched in its new form last year when Real Madrid beat Mexican club Pachuca."
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), as European Champions League winners, will appear in their first Intercontinental Cup final in Doha on December 17. PSG's opponent will emerge from a Challenger Cup playoff four days earlier that features Egyptian African champions Pyramids facing the winner of Cruz Azul versus the Copa Libertadores champion. The Copa Libertadores is in the semifinal stage with Palmeiras vs LDU Quito and Flamengo vs Racing, and its final takes place on November 29. The Intercontinental Cup historically matched European and South American champions, was renamed the Club World Cup in 2005, and has been relaunched in recent new formats.
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