AFC Champions League winners Al Ain will first host OFC Champions League winners Auckland City on Sept. 22 in the African-Asian-Pacific Cup playoff, with the winners set to face CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly in Cairo on Oct. 29.

The first two games will be on the home turf of the higher-ranked team.

The action then switches to Doha, Qatar, where the 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores winners play Mexican side Pachuca, the winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, on Dec. 11 -- a match described by FIFA as the "Derby of the Americas".

The winners of the these two matches play each other in the Challenger Cup three days later to earn a spot in the Intercontinental Cup Final against Real Madrid on Dec. 18.

The day is celebrated as Qatar's National Day while it also marks the two-year anniversary of the 2022 WC final where Argentina beat France.