A new FIFA Club World Cup format will be launched next summer, with Man City and Chelsea, plus Lionel Messi's Inter Miami, set to learn their fate.
Draw result:
A group: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly FC, Inter Miami
B group: PSG, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders
C group: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica
Group D: Flamengo, ES Tunis, Chelsea, Club Leon
E group: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, CF Monterrey, Inter Milan
F group: Fluminense, Dortmund, Ulsan HD, Mamelodi Sundown
Group G: Manchester City, Wydad AC, Al Ain, Juventus
H group: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, FC Salzburg
Draw rules
Several restrictions will be implemented during the draw, including the general principle that no group can include more than one team from the same confederation. This applies to all confederations except UEFA (Europe), which will be represented by 12 clubs at the tournament. That is why two European clubs will be present in four of the eight groups.
A paired seeding principle based on the confederation rankings will be applied to the Pot 1 teams when assigning their respective groups.
Other restrictions will stipulate that clubs from the same affiliated association cannot be grouped together and that all clubs from pot 1 will be allocated to the first position of the group in which they are included. In addition, for scheduling purposes, both US clubs – Inter Miami CF and Seattle Sounders FC – will be automatically assigned to the fourth position in Groups A and B respectively. Inter Miami CF will play the opening match of the tournament at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami , while the Sounders will open their campaign shortly afterwards at Lumen Field, Seattle.
Teams qualified
Africa
Al Ahly (Egypt), Wydad (Morocco), ES Tunis (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa).
Asia
Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Al Ain (United Arab Emirates), Ulsan HD FC (South Korea)
Europe
Chelsea (England), Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester City (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Inter (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Benfica (Portugal), Borussia Dortmund (Germany) )), Juventus (Italy), Atletico Madrid (Spain), FC Salzburg (Austria).
North and Central America, the Caribbean
Monterrey (Mexico), Seattle Sounders (USA), Club Leon (Mexico), Pachuca (Mexico).
Oceania
Auckland City (New Zealand)
South America
Palmeiras (Brazil), Flamengo (Brazil), Fluminense (Brazil), Botafogo (Brazil), River Plate (Argentina), Boca Juniors (Argentina).
Host country
InterMiami (USA)
When is the Club World Cup in 2025?
The Club World Cup will take place over 29 days in the summer of 2025.
The tournament starts on June 15 and the final takes place on July 13.
Where is the 2025 Club World Cup?
The 2025 Club World Cup will take place in the United States in twelve stadiums:
What is the format of the Club World Cup?
The tournament format works exactly the same as the Football World Cup, only for clubs.
The 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams in each group qualifying for the knockout stages.
The last 16 stage – the first single knockout round – then moves to the quarter-final, semi-final and then final. There will be no third place play-off between the two losing teams in the semi-finals.
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