In a meeting yesterday (December 17), the FIFA Council introduced a new format for the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. The tournament will be expanded to 32 teams, lasting for 29 days.
FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will start on June 15, 2025, ending on July 13, 2025. This is the first time the world club tournament has gathered 32 participating teams, the current version has only 7 participating teams.
The United States is confirmed as the host country of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that “with the necessary infrastructure in place along with enormous local interest, the United States is the ideal host country.” to launch this new global tournament”.
How does FIFA allocate places to regional confederations?
UEFA (Europe): 12 clubs. The Champions League winner from 2020-21 to 2023-24 and the other eight teams will be determined by club ranking over a four-year period (2000-2024).
Eligible to participate: Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City.
CONMEBOL (South America): 6 clubs. The Copa Libertadores champion from 2021 to 2024 and the other two teams will be determined by club ranking over a four-year period (2000-2024).
Eligible to participate: Palmeiras, Flamengo, Fluminense
CONCACAF (North and Central America): 4 clubs. CONCACAF Champions Cup winners from 2021 to 2024.
Eligible to participate: Monterrey, Seattle Sounders, Leon’
AFC (Asia): 4 clubs. Win the AFC Champions League from 2021 to 2024.
Eligibility: Al Hilal, Urawa Red Diamonds.
CAF(Africa): 4 clubs. Win the CAF Champions League from 2021 to 2024.
Eligibility: Al Ahly, Wydad AC.
OFC (Oceania): A club. The team has the highest ranking among the OFC Champions League champions from 2021 to 2024.
In the event that a club wins two or more of the federation’s top club competitions during 2021-2024, FIFA will rely on the club rankings to determine participation for the remaining teams. again.
Accordingly, except for Europe, teams in other federations will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 3 points when they pass different stages in the top leagues of the country. area.
For clubs in Europe, because UEFA has a complete scoring system for clubs, FIFA will base on that to determine tournament participation.
According to UEFA’s club rankings, FIFA estimates Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Porto and Benfica will occupy five of the eight European spots. Teams like Man Utd, Liverpool and Barcelona have not performed well enough in the UEFA Champions League, so they have not yet won a spot through the ranking system.
With Man Utd being eliminated from the European Cup this season, meaning that Ten Hag’s team has no chance to increase their score, the “Red Devils” will not be able to participate in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Liverpool will not be able to participate in the Champions League. This season, it means they will “stay at home” like Man Utd, only Barcelona still has a chance to improve their score and win tickets to America.