Bayern Munich jet off to Qatar this week targeting another title at the FIFA Club World Cup, taking their place in the six-team tournament as winners of last year’s UEFA Champions League.
These are the teams who will be challenging the Germans, overwhelming favourites to make it an eighth straight European winner of the competition:
Palmeiras
As winners of the Copa Libertadores, South America’s premier club competition, Palmeiras represent Bayern’s primary threat in Qatar. Of the four Club World Cups not won by a European club, all have gone to teams from Brazil, with Corinthians taking the honours in 2000 and 2012, Sao Paulo in 2005 and Internacional in 2006.
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