The tournament was hosted by Qatar between 11 and 21 December 2019, taking place at two venues in the city of Al Rayyan.

A third venue in Al Rayyan, Education City Stadium, was also originally planned to host matches during the tournament, including the final.

In October, FIFA sold 200 Club World Cup tickets to fans from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and 500 to those from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

In November 2019, Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised FIFA for neglecting fan welfare and selling tickets for the Club World Cup to those banned by their governments.

[32] On 5 November 2019, Liverpool Chief Executive Peter Moore assured that the Qatari authorities had permitted LGBT football fans to attend the FIFA Club World Cup matches in December 2019.