The FIFA Club World Cup 2025, the first of its kind after its transformation from a short annual tournament into a cup mirrorin the international competitions like its own World Cup every four years, has confirmed its groups.
32 teams will compete to lift the redesigned trophy next summer (from June 15 to July 13, 2025) in the USA, with the final taking place at MetLife Stadium in New York.
The eight groups with eight teams each has been confirmed after a draw broadcasted live, with the special appearance of Ivanka Trump and his son, a strange way to make people care about this controversial cup, for sure...
FIFA Club World Cup 2025: All groups
Group A
Palmeiras
FC Porto
Al Ahly
Inter Miami
Group B
PSG
Atlético de Madrid
Botafogo
Seattle Sounders
Group C
Bayern Munich
Auckland City FC
Boca Juniors
SL Benfica
Group D
Flamengo
Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Chelsea
Club León
Group E
River Plate
Urawa Reds
Rayados
Inter
Group F
Fluminenses
Borussia Dortmund
Ulsan HD
Masandawana
Group G
Manchester City
Wydad Athletic Club
Al-Ain FC
Juventus
Group H
Real Madrid
Al Hilal
Pachuca Tuzos
Salzburg
In a format similar to FIFA World Cup or UEFA Euro Cup, each team will face each other once. The two best teams of the group will go on to round-of-16. Then to quarterfinals, semifinals and the final, with no match for the third place.
That means two teams will play up to seven matches in total between June and July, a time where normally clubs and players are resting before the regular season with their domestic seasons begins typically in mid-August...