Founded around 25 years ago in 2000, the FIFA Club World Cup is often hailed as one of the most popular football tournaments in the world, with a viewership spanning in millions. Organised by FIFA, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is an international men’s association football competition.
The winner of the Club World Cup is honoured with the prestigious FIFA Club World Cup trophy and a FIFA World Champions certificate. Well, numerous major changes have been made ahead of the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup 2025 edition starting on 14 June 2025. Are you a fan of FIFA? Well, let’s explore exciting details about the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup 2025 that you probably have no idea about.
In this article we will take a look at numerous exclusive details about the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup including its date, venue, format, qualified teams and much more.
2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Date, Venue, Format, Qualified Teams, Groups And Everything You Must Know
When is the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup ?
The upcoming 2025 season of the FIFA Club World Cup will be held over a course of 29 days and will start on June 15 2025 and will witness its final showdown on July 13 2025.
Where will be the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup hosted?
The 2025 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the United States in the following stadiums:
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
- Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
- TQL Stadium (Cincinnati)
- Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles)
- Hard Rock Stadium (Miami)
- GEODIS Park (Nashville)
- Camping World Stadium (Orlando)
- Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
- Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
- Lumen Field (Seattle)
- Audi Field (Washington, D.C.)
2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Format
In the upcoming 2025 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup scheduled to start on June 15 2025, a total of 32 teams will participate. A total of eight groups with four teams each will play three matches in round-robin format. In the next stage, only a total of two teams from each group will advance to the round of 16 i.e. the knockout stage.
In the knockout stage, each match will be a one-off knockout game with no second leg. In case a match is tied after 90 minutes, extra time of 30 minutes will be given. In rare cases, if the match still gets tied the winner will be decided with a penalty shoot out.
A total of only eight winners will advance from the knockout stage to the quarterfinals. The same criteria of a single match, extra time and penalties only if required will be followed to decide the four winners who will advance to the semi-finals of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup edition and will also decide the final two teams that will compete in the finals.
2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Qualified Teams
UEFA – 12 teams (Europe)
Atletico Madrid – Spain
Bayern Munich – Germany
Benfica – Portugal
Borussia Dortmund – Germany
Chelsea – England (2021 Champions League winners)
Inter Milan – Italy
Juventus – Italy
Manchester City – England (2023 Champions League winners)
Paris Saint-Germain – France
Porto – Portugal
Real Madrid – Spain (2022 and 2024 Champions League winners)
Salzburg – Austria
CONMEBOL – six teams (South America)
Boca Juniors – Argentina
Botafogo – Brazil (2024 Copa Libertadores winners)
Flamengo – Brazil (2022 Copa Libertadores winners)
Fluminense – Brazil (2023 Copa Libertadores winners)
Palmeiras – Brazil (2021 Copa Libertadores winners)
River Plate – Argentina
CONCACAF – four teams (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Leon – Mexico (2023 Champions League winners)
Monterrey – Mexico (2021 Champions League winners)
Pachuca – Mexico (2024 Champions League winners)
Seattle Sounders – USA (2022 Champions League winners)
AFC – four teams (Asia)
Al Ain – United Arab Emirates (2023 and 2024 Champions League winners)
Al Hilal – Saudi Arabia (2021 Champions League winners)
Ulsan HD – South Korea
Urawa Red Diamonds – Japan (2022 Champions League winners)
CAF – four teams (Africa)
Al Ahly – Egypt (2021, 2023 and 2024 Champions League winners)
Esperance de Tunis – Tunisia
Mamelodi Sundowns – South Africa
Wydad – Morocco (2022 Champions League winners)
OFC – one team (Oceania)
Auckland City – New Zealand (2022, 2023 and 2024 Champions League winners)
USA – one team
Inter Miami – host nation team (Winners of the 2024 MLS Supporters’ Shield)
