FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Club World Cup - Final - Bayern Munich v Tigres UANL - Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - February 11, 2021 Fifa President Gianni Infantino with the Club World Cup trophy REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/File Photo
(Reuters) - Tahiti's AS Pirae will play at the Club World Cup next year after Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine measures required by the New Zealand government, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Friday.
Auckland City also had to pull out of last year's edition in Qatar because of COVID-19 border restrictions in New Zealand.
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