FIFA Club World Cup 2025: All the information

• The new tournament will be played for the first time in 2025

• Clubs from the AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA will participate

• 32 teams will participate in the tournament which will take place in the United States in 2025

FIFA’s new club competition – the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™ – will take place in June and July 2025. 32 of the world’s biggest clubs will gather in the United States for the inaugural edition .

This truly global event will bring together the most successful clubs from each of the six international confederations: AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA.

The FIFA brings you everything you need to know about the tournament, including the names of the teams who have booked their tickets to the United States.

Who will host the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?

The first edition of the new FIFA club competition will take place in UNITED STATES.

When will the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup take place?

The tournament will take place from June 14 to July 13, 2025.

The draw for the first ever 32-team FIFA Club World Cup™ took place on Thursday 5 December 2024 in Miami (United States). Check out the results below.

The groups of the 2025 Club World Cup

Group A

• SE Palmeiras (Brazil)

• FC Porto (Portugal)

• Al Ahly FC (Egypt)

• Inter Miami CF (United States)

Group B

• Paris Saint-Germain (France)

• Atlético de Madrid (Spain)

• Botafogo (Brazil)

• Seattle Sounders FC (United States)

Group C

• FC Bayern Munich (Allemagne)

• Auckland City FC (New Zealand)

• CA Boca Juniors (Argentine)

• SL Benfica (Portugal)

Group D

• CR Flamengo (Brazil)

• Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)

• Chelsea FC (Angleterre)

• Club León (Mexique)

Group E

• CA River Plate (Argentine)

• Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)

• CF Monterrey (Mexico)

• FC Internazionale Milano (Italy)

Group F

• Fluminense FC (Brazil)

• Borussia Dortmund (Allemagne)

• Ulsan HD (Republic of Korea)

• Mamelodi Sundowns FC (South Africa)

Group G

• Manchester City (Angleterre)

• Wydad AC (Morocco)

• Al Ain FC (United Arab Emirates)

• Juventus FC (Italy)

Group H

• Real Madrid CF (Spain)

• Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

• CF Pachuca (Mexico)

• FC Salzburg (Austria)

How did the teams qualify for the 2025 Club World Cup?

• Al Ahly (ONE) – CAF Champions League 2020/21, 2022/23 and 2023/24

• Wydad (MAR) – CAF Champions League 2021/22

• You are Tunis (AGAIN) – CAF ranking route

• Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) – CAF ranking route

• Al Hilal (KSA) – AFC Champions League 2021

• Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) – AFC Champions League 2022

• Al Ain (UAE) – AFC Champions League 2024

• Ulsan HD FC (KOR) – AFC ranking path

• Chelsea (ENG) – UEFA Champions League 2020/21

• Juventus (ITA) – UEFA ranking path

• Atlético Madrid (ESP) – UEFA ranking path

• FC Salzburg (AUT) – UEFA ranking path

• Monterrey (MEX) – 2021 Concacaf Champions Cup

• Seattle Sounders (USA) – 2022 Concacaf Champions Cup

• Club Leon (MEX) – 2023 Concacaf Champions Cup

• CF Pachuca (MEX) – 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup

• Auckland City (NZL) – OFC ranking path

• Palm trees (BRA) – CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2021

• Flemish (BRA) – CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2022

• Fluminense (BRA) – CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2023

• River Plate (ARG) – CONMEBOL ranking path

• Boca Juniors (ARG) – CONMEBOL ranking path

• Inter Miami (USA) – Host country club

• Botafogo (BRA) – CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2024

For more details on how ranking pathways are determined, click here.

A total of 12 venues will host the 63 matches that will be played across the United States. The final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey.

• Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta (Georgia)

• TQL Stadium – Cincinnati (Ohio)

• Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte (Caroline du Nord)

• Rose Bowl Stadium – Los Angeles (Californie)

• Hard Rock Stadium – Miami (Floride)

• GEODIS Park – Nashville (Tennessee)

• MetLife Stadium – New York New Jersey

• Camping World Stadium – Orlando (Floride)

• Inter&Co Stadium – Orlando (Floride)

• Lincoln Financial Field – Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie)

• Lumen Field – Seattle (Washington)

• Audi Field – Washington, D.C.

FIFA has unveiled the official FIFA Club World Cup trophy, which will be put into play for the first time in 2025, in November 2024.

Designed by FIFA and produced in collaboration with luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co, the trophy will be awarded to the winner of the inaugural edition of the new FIFA Club World Cup at the end of the final which will take place on July 13, 2025 at MetLife Stadium in New York–New Jersey.

How many teams are participating in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and how do they qualify?

A total of 32 teams will participate in the tournament, with places distributed among international football confederations as follows.

• Africa – 4 CAF teams. Three via the champions route (CAF Champions League) and one via the ranking route.

• Asia – 4 AFC teams. Three via the champions route (AFC Champions League) and one via the ranking route.

• Europe – 12 UEFA teams. Four via the champions route (UEFA Champions League) and eight via the ranking route.

• North America, Central America and the Caribbean – 4 Concacaf teams. All through the path of champions (Concacaf Champions Cup).

• Oceania – 1 OFC team. By way of classification.

• South America – 6 CONMEBOL teams. Four via the champions route (Copa Libertadores de la CONMEBOL) and two via the ranking route.

• Host country – 1 team.

The following criteria also apply:

• If a club wins two or more editions of the confederation’s most important club competition during the period 2021-2024, the ranking route will be used to determine the name of the other participating clubs.

• A cap of two clubs per country will be applied to the access list, except in cases where more than two clubs from the same country win the confederation’s interclub competition during the four-year period.

For more details on how ranking pathways are determined, click here.

What will be the format of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?

• The competition begins with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once.

• The teams finishing in the first two places in each group qualify for the round of 16.

• The round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final are then played, with a single knockout match in each round.

• No match for third place.

How can I buy tickets for the 2025 Club World Cup?

Fans wishing to follow ticketing news for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup can register at FIFA.com/tickets. Further information on ticket and hospitality pack sales will be communicated at a later date.

DAZN, the world’s leading sports entertainment platform, has been named the exclusive global broadcaster of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™.

All 63 matches of the competition will be broadcast live, freely and in multiple languages ​​on DAZN worldwide