FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Draw In Full, Groups, Format
The FIFA Club World Cup 2025, one of the highly anticipated tournaments among football fans, is set to take place between 15 June-13 July 2025 in the United States.
The FIFA Club World Cup 2025, one of the highly anticipated tournaments among football fans, is set to take place between 15 June-13 July 2025 in the United States.
Headlined by continental and domestic champions from every continent, 32 clubs from around the world will compete to be crowned world champions.
Among the big teams competing are UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid of Spain, Brazil’s Botafogo who won the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores and Al Ahly of Egypt, who have claimed three of the last four CAF Champions League titles.
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To set the stage for the continental football club competition, the draw took place in Miami on Thursday, 5 December 2024.
FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Format
The format in the FIFA Club World Cup is the same as that of the competition in which nations contest. The number of teams have been expanded and for the first time in its 24-year history, 32 clubs will take part in the Club World Cup.
Teams that win the continental club competitions, such as the Champions League qualify for the tournament and it is also based on confederation’s four-year rankings.
Of the 32 teams, Europe (whose confederation is UEFA) has the most representation with 12 teams, followed by South America (CONMEBOL) with six teams.
There are four teams each from Asia (AFC), Africa (AFC) & North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).
Oceania (OFC) has one team, while the final slot was allocated to the host nation’s domestic champions, which is Inter Miami.
The teams are split into eight groups of four. They will play round-robin in the group stage. The top two leaders of each group will enter the knockout stages.
FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Groups
Group A: Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami
Group B: Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders
Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica
Group D: Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, Chelsea, Club Leon
Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan
Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns
Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus
Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg
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FIFA Club World Cup 2025: How to watch live
The FIFA Club World Cup will be streamed live and free across the globe on DAZN.