FIFA Clubs World Cup excitement will be experienced in the USA – Cyprus Newspaper
2025 FIFA Clubs World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, will be showcased on 15 June-13 July with its new format.
FIFA Clubs World Cup, including 7 teams each year, will be held with the participation of 32 teams every 4 years after the format change.
This year, the 21st event will be held in the US 11 cities will host 12 stat.
Groups
In the cup, 12 from Europe, 6 from South America, Africa, Asia, North and Central America and 4 from the Caribbean, Oceania and the host USA will compete.
In addition to the host quota, the teams who were champions in the highest-level league of 6 confederations in 2021-2024 have the right to participate in the tournament. The remaining quotas were distributed according to the club rankings of the confederations in the last 4 years.
FIFA removed Leon from the tournament on the grounds that multi -club property criteria were not met. The US Los Angeles team, who defeated Mexican representative Club America in the play-in match, won the Los Angeles team of the USA, instead of Leon.
Groups are as follows:
Group A: Palmeiras (Brazil), Porto (Portugal), Al Ahly (Egypt), Inter Miami (USA)
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain (France), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Botafogo (Brazil), Seattle Sounders (USA)
Group C: Bayern Munich (Germany), Benfica (Portugal), Boca Juniors (Argentina), Auckland City (New Zealand)
Group D: Flamengo (Brazil), Chelsea (England), Es Tunis (Tunisia), Los Angeles (USA)
Group E: River Plate (Argentina), Inter (Italy), Monterrey (Mexico), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
Group F: Fluminense (Brazil), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Ulsan (South Korea), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Group G: Manchester City (England), Juventus (Italy), Wydad (Morocco), Al Ain (United Arab Emirates)
Group H: Real Madrid (Spain), Salzburg (Austria), Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Pachuca (Mexico)
Format
There will be 32 clubs from 6 confederations in the tournament.
Four groups divided into 8 groups, will face a single match with each other.
Those who completed the group in the first 2 groups, will encounter a single match elimination procedure in the next rounds.
Match calendar
A total of 63 matches will be held in the tournament.
The opening match will be played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, the Egyptian team Al-Ahly and Inter Miami from the host country will face on June 15th.
Group matches will be completed on June 27, the tournament will be held on 28 June 2 July 2.
The cup will be played on July 4-5 and the semi-finals of the quarter-finals and will find the owner after the final match at Metlife Stadium in New York on July 13th.
Cities and stats
The matches in the tournament will be played in the cities of the US in Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, New York, Miami, Nashville, Orlando, Pasadena, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington DC.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Geodıs Park in Nashville, Metlife Stadium in New York, Orlando Camping World and Inter & Co Stad Financial Field, Seattle’da Lumen Field and Washington DC’de Audi Field, will host matches.
