Barça’s Shot at Winning the 2025 Club World Cup
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With the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals over, Barça and Atlético continue the fight for a place in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. With 67 points, the red and white are six ahead of the Blaugrana, who have 61 and have more options to be one of the 32 players. At stake is an amount that would range between 25 and 70 million depending on the income of the competition and that would help balance the accounts. A pasture.Barça’s options now involve reaching the final by winning every game and hoping that Borussia Dortmund will overcome the red and white team. If all the points are not added, Barça would only have to win the Champions League to obtain the place. Going to the semi-finals by beating PSG in the quarterfinals, they will have the possibility of reducing their disadvantage with Atlético directly in a head-to-head or against Dortmund.Each victory gives two points, a tie gives one and passing to the next round also gives one. By winning the continental title, Chelsea (2021), Real Madrid (2022) and Manchester City (2023) have already qualified. There are seven others that already have 12 of the places reserved for European clubs: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Inter, Juventus, PSG, Porto and Benfica.Along with the unknown of the second Spanish team that will play in the tournament, it remains to be seen whether Arsenal will go, for which the only title at Wembley on June 1 is worth it, or Salzburg. The Austrian club would achieve the remaining place among the 12 European clubs unless Arsenal wins this edition.The FIFA Club World Cup will be played from June 15 to July 13, 2025 in the United States and will bring together the most successful club teams from each of the six international confederations: AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA.Africa (4 clubs):Al Ahly (Egypt) for being champion of the CAF Champions League 20-21 and 22-23; Wydad (Morocco), champion 21-22. Two teams are missing, the champion of the 23-24 and one by ranking.Asia (4 clubs):
Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), the AFC Champions League champion in 2021, and Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), the champion in 2022. Two spots are still up for grabs: one for this year’s winner and one based on ranking.
Europe (12 clubs):
Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Manchester City as the Champions League winners in 20-21, 21-22, and 22-23. The points system includes Bayern, PSG, Inter, Porto, Benfica, and Juventus. Two spots remain based on ranking.
North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (4 clubs):
The winners of the Concacaf Champions Cup were Monterrey (Mexico) in 2021, Seattle Sounders (USA) in 2022, and Club León (Mexico) in 2023. The 2024 champion is yet to be determined.
Oceania (one club):
Auckland City (New Zealand).
South America (6 clubs):
CONMEBOL Libertadores winners: Palmeiras (Brazil) in 2021, Flamengo (Brazil) in 2022, Fluminense (Brazil) in 2023, and this year’s champion. Two spots are still open based on the points system.
Host country (one club):
It’s going to be a team from the United States that finishes off the list of 32.
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