SEOUL -- South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors and Kashima Antlers of Japan are hoping to make history at the 2016 soccer Club World Cup by giving Asia a first-ever representative in the final, which will take place in the Japanese city of Yokohama on Dec. 18.
The annual tournament kicks off on Dec. 8 and features the club champions of each of the six regional confederations of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's governing body. Japan also has a club in the competition, as the host nation.