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2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Official name:FIFA Club World Cup 25
Host country:
Mascot:TBA
Edition:21st
Dates:14 June – 13 July 2025
Teams:32 (from 6 confederations)
Total matches:63
Venue:12 (in 11 host cities)
Champions: Manchester City (1st title)

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, also marketed as FIFA Club World Cup 25, is the planned 21st edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, an international club soccer competition organized by FIFA. The tournament is scheduled to be played in the United States from June 14 to July 13, 2025. It is planned to be the first under an expanded format with 32 teams, including the winners of the four previous continental championships.

Manchester City is the defending champion, having won its first title in the last tournament under the old format in 2023. The expanded tournament format was announced in March 2019 and originally scheduled to be hosted by China in 2021 until a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FIFA approved the allocation of slots between confederations in February 2023 and announced the United States as the host country four months later. The FIFA Intercontinental Cup was established as an annual tournament using a very similar version of the old format.

The expansion of the tournament was met with criticism by players' union FIFPRO and the World Leagues Forum due to the impact it is expected to have on fixture congestion and player welfare.

Background and format

Since its return from hiatus in 2005, the FIFA Club World Cup had been held annually in December and was limited to the winners of continental club competitions. As early as late 2016, FIFA president Gianni Infantino suggested expanding the Club World Cup to 32 teams beginning in 2019 and rescheduling it to June/July to be more balanced and more attractive to broadcasters and sponsors. In late 2017, FIFA discussed proposals to expand the competition to 24 teams and have it be played every four years by 2021, replacing the FIFA Confederations Cup. The expanded format and schedule of Club World Cup, to be played in June and July 2021, was confirmed at the March 2019 FIFA Council meeting in Miami. China was appointed as host in October 2019, but the 2021 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On June 23, 2023, FIFA confirmed that the United States would host the 2025 tournament as a prelude to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The host cities for the tournament remained undecided. The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four teams with the top two teams in each group qualifying to the knockout stage. The format will be the same of that used in the FIFA World Cup between 1998 and 2022, with the exception of a third-place play-off.

In January 2024, it was reported that the tournament would mainly take place on the East Coast to be closer to European broadcasters and viewers while also avoiding conflicts with the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will also take place primarily in the United States around the same time but mainly on the West Coast.

Slot allocation

On February 14, 2023, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation for the 2025 tournament based on a "set of objective metrics and criteria". UEFA was awarded the most slots with twelve, while CONMEBOL was given the second most with six. The AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF were all given four slots, while the OFC and the host association were given one slot each. On March 14, 2023, the FIFA Council approved the key principles of the access list for the tournament.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:
No.TeamConfederationsQualificationDate of qualificationFinals appearance
1AFCWinners of the 2021 AFC Champions League14 20234th
2AFCWinners of the 2022 AFC Champions League06 20234th
3AFCWinners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League25 20242nd
4AFCBest-ranked eligible team in the AFC 4-year ranking17 20243rd
5CAFWinners of the 2020–21, 2022–23, and 2023–24 CAF Champions League14 202310th
6CAFWinners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League14 20233rd
7CAFBest-ranked eligible team in the CAF 4-year ranking26 20244th
8CAFSecond-best ranked eligible team in the CAF 4-year ranking26 20242nd
9CONCACAFWinners of the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League14 20236th
10CONCACAFWinners of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League14 20232nd
11CONCACAFWinners of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League04 20232nd
12CONCACAFWinners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup01 20245th
13CONMEBOLWinners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores14 20233rd
14CONMEBOLWinners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores14 20233rd
15CONMEBOLWinners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores04 20232nd
16CONMEBOLWinners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores30 20241st
17CONMEBOLBest-ranked eligible team in the CONMEBOL 4-year ranking14 20243rd
18CONMEBOLSecond-best ranked eligible team in the CONMEBOL 4-year ranking22 20242nd
19OFCBest OFC Champions League winners in the OFC 4-year ranking17 202312th
20UEFAWinners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League14 20233rd
21UEFAWinners of the 2021–22 and 2023–24 UEFA Champions League14 20237th
22UEFAWinners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League10 20232nd
23UEFABest ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking17 20233rd
24UEFASecond-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking17 20231st
25UEFAFourth-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking17 20232nd
26UEFAFifth-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking17 20231st
27UEFASeventh-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking17 20231st
28UEFAThird-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking06 20241st
29UEFAEighth-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking12 20241st
30UEFASixth-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking16 20241st
31UEFANinth-best ranked eligible team in the UEFA 4-year ranking17 20241st
32CONCACAFWinners of the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield19 20241st

Group stage

Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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