Broadcast deal getting closer for inaugural FIFA Club World Cup – AS USA

2025 CLUB WORLD CUP
In December 2023, FIFA officially confirmed their expanded, revamped and renamed Club World Cup with the newly banded Mundial de Clubes planned for 2025 and set to feature 32 teams with games to be played from 15 June to July 13 in the United States.
The new Mundial de Clubes FIFA will feature clubs from each of the six confederations and will include a combination of each confederation’s club champions from the previous four seasons as well as teams that rank the highest in their continental rankings.
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The tournament will feature an opening stage composed of eight groups of four teams per group playing in a single-game round-robin format with the top two teams per group progressing to the round of 16.
FIFA will use the competition and the forthcoming 2024 Copa America as testing grounds ahead of the 2026 expanded 48-team World Cup which is set to be staged in Mexico, Canada and the US.
Reports in the The New York Times suggest that Apple will pay US$1 billion for the rights to the new tournament but the mechanics of the deal and whether the venture would see somes games available on free-to-air yet to be ratified.
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If the deal goes through, it would be Apple’s first major global broadcast deal since 2022 when they launched a ten-year partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS).
Below is the MLS Season Pass broadcast schedule for Matchday 11, including English-language commentators for each match with the play-by-play talent listed first, followed by the match analyst. pic.twitter.com/MaosPxZyW1
At present, the bulk of participating clubs are known with the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Al Hilal, Flamengo and Al Ahly just a few of the confirmed 32 teams who will play at the inaugural competition.
About the author
Paul Reidy
Irish native who switched from the music industry to the world of sport moving from Universal Music to AS in 2017. A keen runner, soccer player and now discovering the world's fastest growing sport of padel. A fútbol fanatic covering LaLiga, MLS, Liga MX and other offbeat stories from the global game. Can always be found rooting for the underdog.
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