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Dom Farrell
The United States will host the Club World Cup in 2025 — the first edition of the club football competition under FIFA’s controversial new expanded format.
Manchester City are the Club World Cup holders following their 2023 triumph in Saudi Arabia. That tournament featured the reigning champions from each of FIFA’s six regional confederations, plus host participants Al Ittihad.
In 2025, there will be 32 teams taking part, with FIFA having launched a revamped version of the tournament to mirror its flagship World Cup for international teams.
Most of the criticism around the new competition structure has centred on football’s already packed calendar and further strain being placed upon its elite players. However, there remains plenty of intrigue, not least the fact that arguably the most elite of them all, Lionel Messi, is likely to renew acquaintances with some old foes after Inter Miami were selected as the host participants.
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The FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the summer of 2025 in the United States, with the group stage to begin on June 14, 2025, with Messi’s Inter Miami slated to play in the opening match at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.
The tournament will progress for the subsequent month, with the top two teams from the eight groups of four progressing to the knockout stage and the Round of 16. The final will take place on July 13, 2025 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The 32 teams were split across four pots for the draw in December 2024 in a format familiar to fans of the UEFA Champions League before Europe’s flagship competition switched to its new "Swiss model" for 2024/25.
The champions from each confederation over the course of the four-year qualifying cycle earned a place automatically, with the remaining places allocated to the strongest-performing teams in continental competitions during that period.
UEFA is the most heavily represented with 12 spots, with six going to CONMEBOL. AFC, CAF and CONCACAF have four apiece, with OFC entrant Auckland City and Inter Miami completing the 32.
Aside from each continental champion, for whom there were no restrictions on qualification, there can be no more than two teams from a single nation. For example, Brazil is the most heavily represented country with four participants as Fluminense, Botafogo, Palmeiras and Flamengo have all won the Copa Libertadores during the qualifying period. However, Chelsea and Manchester City are the only two English clubs because their respective 2021 and 2023 Champions League final wins precluded any other Premier League teams from qualifying by virtue of UEFA’s coefficient rankings.
Pot one comprises the highest-ranked teams from Europe and South America, with the remaining eight European sides going into pot two. The other South American clubs, Boca Juniors and recently crowned Libertadores champions Botafogo head up pot three alongside the best of Asia, Africa and CONCACAF, with the remaining clubs joining Inter Miami in pot four.
Twelve venues will host Club World Cup matches across the United States.
The tournament opener at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami and the final at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey have already been slated, with games to be allocated across the below venues following the draw.
The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, which hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup final, is the largest stadium in use.
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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.
