2025 FIFA Club World Cup

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2025 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Coupe du Monde des Clubs de la FIFA 2025 Mundial de Clubes FIFA 2025
Take it to the World
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 14 – July 13
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 11 host cities)
Third place	Real Madrid
Fourth place	Fluminense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Goals scored	192 (3.1 per match)
Attendance	2,410,944 (38,886 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ángel Di María (Benfica) Gonzalo García (Real Madrid) Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) 4 goals each
← 2023 FIFA Club World Cup ← 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2029 → All statistics correct as of July 9, 2025.

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, also marketed as FIFA Club World Cup 25,^[1][2] is the ongoing 21st edition and the first of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup, an international club soccer competition organized by FIFA. The tournament is being played in the United States from June 14 to July 13, 2025. It comprises 32 teams under an expanded format that includes the continental champions of the past four years and other qualified teams.^[3]

The expanded tournament includes the winners of the top continental club competitions from each of 2021 through 2024, with the exception of a lone entry from the Oceania confederation; and additional teams from Europe and South America determined by a club ranking during the four-year period.^[4][5] Manchester City entered the tournament as the defending champion, having won their first title in the last tournament under the old format in 2023.^[6] However, they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Al-Hilal.^[7]

The expanded tournament format was announced in March 2019 and originally scheduled to be hosted by China in 2021, until a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FIFA approved the allocation of slots between confederations in February 2023 and announced the United States as the host country four months later.^[8] The FIFA Intercontinental Cup was established as an annual tournament using a very similar version of the old format.

The expansion of the tournament was met with criticism by players' union FIFPRO and the World Leagues Forum due to the impact it is expected to have on fixture congestion and player welfare. The use of dynamic pricing for the tournament was also criticized and resulted in price cuts for certain matches in response to low sales. The global broadcasting rights are held by online streaming platform DAZN, who sublicensed matches to other television broadcasters. A total of $1 billion in prize money will be distributed to the 32 participating teams, including solidarity payments and an amount for each team based on their home confederation.

Since its return from hiatus in 2005, the FIFA Club World Cup had been held annually in December and was limited to the winners of continental club competitions.^[9] As early as late 2016, FIFA president Gianni Infantino suggested expanding the Club World Cup to 32 teams beginning in 2019 and rescheduling it to June/July to be more balanced and attractive to broadcasters and sponsors.^[10] In late 2017, FIFA discussed proposals to expand the competition to 24 teams and have it be played every four years starting in 2021, replacing the FIFA Confederations Cup.^[11] The expanded format and schedule of Club World Cup, to be played in June and July 2021, was confirmed at the March 2019 FIFA Council meeting in Miami.^[12][13] China was appointed as host in October 2019,^[14] but the 2021 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[15][16]

On June 23, 2023, FIFA confirmed that the United States would host the 2025 tournament as a prelude to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[17] The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups of four teams with the top two teams in each group qualifying to the knockout stage.^[18] The format is the same of that used in the FIFA World Cup between 1998 and 2022, with the exception of a third place playoff.^[19]

In January 2024, it was reported that the tournament would mainly take place on the East Coast to be closer to European broadcasters and viewers while also avoiding conflicts with the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which also takes place primarily in the United States around the same time, but mainly in the Western part of the country.^[20]

On February 14, 2023, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation for the 2025 tournament based on a "set of objective metrics and criteria". UEFA was awarded the most slots with twelve, while CONMEBOL was given the second most with six. The AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF were all given four slots, while the OFC and the host association were given one slot each.^[21] On March 14, 2023, the FIFA Council approved the key principles of the access list for the tournament.^[22] The principles are as follows, considering competitions completed during a four-year period from 2021 to 2024:^[23]

• CONMEBOL and UEFA (more than four slots): access for the winners of the confederation's top club competition between 2021 and 2024, with additional teams to be determined by a club ranking of the four-year period.^[23]
• AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF (four slots each): access for the winners of the confederation's top club competition between 2021 and 2024.^{[23][note 1]}
• OFC (one slot): access for the highest-ranked club among the winners of the confederation's top club competition between 2021 and 2024.^{[23][note 2]}
• Host country (one slot): this was determined at a later stage.

If a club wins two or more seasons of its confederation's top club competition, additional teams will be determined by a club ranking over the four-year period. Furthermore, a restriction of two clubs per association will be applied, with the exception of champion clubs if more than two clubs from the same association win their confederation's top club competition. The calculation method for the four-year club rankings within each confederation was based on the teams' performance in their respective continental tournaments during seasons completed between 2021 and 2024.^[26]

For confederations other than UEFA, the method was as follows:^[26]

• 3 points for a win
• 1 point for a draw
• 3 points for successful progression to each new stage of the competition

In the case of UEFA, due to the existence of the well-established UEFA club coefficient system, the method used by UEFA to calculate the club coefficient was "exceptionally applied" to rank the European teams.^{[26][note 3]}

The following teams qualified for the tournament:^{[27][28][29][23]}

The draw was held on December 5, 2024, 1:00 p.m. EST, at the headquarters of television broadcaster Telemundo in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida.^[35][36] The ceremony was led by Alessandro Del Piero at the Telemundo headquarters.^[35][37] FIFA announced the draw procedure and seeding pots two days prior to the draw,^[38] taking into consideration sporting and geographical factors as far as possible.^[39]

FIFA compiled the draw pots as follows, with teams ranked within each confederation based on FIFA's club ranking system:^[23]

• Pot 1: The four top-ranked teams from both UEFA and CONMEBOL
• Pot 2: The remaining eight teams from UEFA
• Pot 3: The two top-ranked teams from each of AFC, CAF and CONCACAF, and the remaining two teams from CONMEBOL
• Pot 4: The remaining teams from AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, OFC and host country

In the draw, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group except for UEFA teams, for which there was at least one and no more than two per group. Additionally, no two UEFA teams from the same national association could be drawn into the same group.

To maintain competitive balance, two separate pathways of four groups were established for the knockout stage. They were composed as follows:

• Pathway 1: Winners of Groups A, C, E and G, paired with the runners-up of Groups B, D, F and H
• Pathway 2: Winners of Groups B, D, F and H, paired with the runners-up of Groups A, C, E and G

Given these pathways, UEFA and CONMEBOL teams faced the following constraints in the draw:

• UEFA teams ranked 1–2 and CONMEBOL teams ranked 1–2 were allocated to separate pathways, prevented from meeting until the semi-finals should they win their groups
• UEFA teams ranked 3–4 and CONMEBOL teams ranked 3–4 were allocated to separate pathways, prevented from meeting until the semi-finals should they win their groups
• UEFA teams ranked 1–4 were drawn into groups that will prevent them meeting until the semi-finals should they win their groups
• CONMEBOL teams ranked 1–4 were drawn into groups that will prevent them meeting until the semi-finals should they win their groups
• UEFA teams ranked 5–8 were drawn into groups with CONMEBOL teams ranked 1–4
• UEFA teams ranked 9–12 were drawn into groups with UEFA teams ranked 1–4

As teams from the host country and for scheduling purposes, Inter Miami CF and Seattle Sounders FC were drawn into position 4 of Groups A and B, respectively. Consequently, teams drawn into Groups A and B were allocated to the position corresponding to their draw pot.

The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically, based on the draw constraints. For Groups C to H, the position for the team within the group was then drawn (for the purpose of the match schedule), with the Pot 1 teams automatically drawn into position 1 of each group.

The draw pots were as follows:^[40]

Pot 1 Team Confed. Pts Manchester City UEFA 123 Real Madrid 119 Bayern Munich 108 Paris Saint-Germain 85 Flamengo CONMEBOL 141 Palmeiras 140 River Plate 103 Fluminense 97	Pot 2 Team Confed. Pts Chelsea UEFA 79 Borussia Dortmund 79 Inter Milan 76 Porto 68 Atlético Madrid 67 Benfica 52 Juventus 47 Red Bull Salzburg 40
Pot 3 Team Confed. Pts Al-Hilal AFC 118 Ulsan HD 81 Al Ahly CAF 140 Wydad AC 108 Monterrey CONCACAF 52 León[note 4] 47 Boca Juniors CONMEBOL 71 Botafogo 37	Pot 4 Team Confed. Pts Urawa Red Diamonds AFC 49 Al Ain 43 Espérance de Tunis CAF 100 Mamelodi Sundowns 98 Pachuca CONCACAF 34 Seattle Sounders FC 28 Auckland City OFC 66 Inter Miami CF Host —

Group A Pos Team A1 Palmeiras A2 Porto A3 Al Ahly A4 Inter Miami CF	Group B Pos Team B1 Paris Saint-Germain B2 Atlético Madrid B3 Botafogo B4 Seattle Sounders FC	Group C Pos Team C1 Bayern Munich C2 Auckland City C3 Boca Juniors C4 Benfica	Group D Pos Team D1 Flamengo D2 Espérance de Tunis D3 Chelsea D4 Los Angeles FC[note 4]
Group E Pos Team E1 River Plate E2 Urawa Red Diamonds E3 Monterrey E4 Inter Milan	Group F Pos Team F1 Fluminense F2 Borussia Dortmund F3 Ulsan HD F4 Mamelodi Sundowns	Group G Pos Team G1 Manchester City G2 Wydad AC G3 Al Ain G4 Juventus	Group H Pos Team H1 Real Madrid H2 Al-Hilal H3 Pachuca H4 Red Bull Salzburg

On September 28, 2024, FIFA announced the selection of twelve venues in eleven cities for the tournament: Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Audi Field in Washington D.C.; Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California; TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio; Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina; Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia; Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, which will host the opening match involving Inter Miami;^[41] Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee; Camping World Stadium and Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida; and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which will host the final.^[42] Lumen Field will host all three group stage matches for the Seattle Sounders.^[43] Of these selected stadiums, five will be used in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[44] Contrary to other FIFA tournaments, including the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, all venues will keep their original naming rights.^[45]

List of host cities and stadiums City Stadium Capacity Image Pasadena (Los Angeles area) Rose Bowl 89,702 East Rutherford (New York City area) MetLife Stadium 82,500 Charlotte Bank of America Stadium 74,867 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium 71,000 Seattle Lumen Field 68,740 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 67,594 Miami Gardens (Miami area) Hard Rock Stadium 64,767 Orlando Camping World Stadium 60,219 Inter&Co Stadium 25,500 Nashville Geodis Park 30,109 Cincinnati TQL Stadium 26,000 Washington D.C. Audi Field 20,000

According to a report from The Athletic, FIFA has designated sites in host cities for team training bases, with priority given to clubs that have more matches in the area. Clubs were permitted to independently negotiate with other facility owners and operators, including several college athletic programs, to secure their own base. Several facilities are also designated by FIFA for use later in the tournament by qualified teams in the knockout rounds.^[46] The team base camps for the group stage were confirmed by FIFA on June 3, 2025.^[47]

Base camp and training ground by team—sortable

Team	Base camp	Training ground
Al Ahly	Davie, Florida	Nova Southeastern University
	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	Pingry School
Al Ain	Alexandria, Virginia	Episcopal High School
Al-Hilal	Leesburg, Virginia	D.C. United Training Center
	Nashville, Tennessee	Nashville SC Training Facility
Atlético Madrid	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Auckland City	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Baylor School
Bayern Munich	Bay Lake, Florida	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Benfica	Tampa, Florida	Waters Sportsplex
Boca Juniors	Miami Shores, Florida	Barry University
Borussia Dortmund	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Florida Blue Training Center
Botafogo	Montecito, California	Westmont College
Chelsea	Chester, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Union Training Center
	Davie, Florida	Nova Southeastern University
Espérance de Tunis	Rochester Hills, Michigan[a]	Oakland University
Flamengo	Galloway Township, New Jersey	Stockton University
	Bay Lake, Florida	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Fluminense	Columbia, South Carolina	University of South Carolina
Inter Miami CF	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Florida Blue Training Center
Inter Milan	Los Angeles, California	University of California, Los Angeles
	Renton, Washington	Virginia Mason Athletic Center
Juventus	White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	The Greenbrier
	Orlando, Florida	ChampionsGate
Los Angeles FC	Macon, Georgia	Mercer University
Mamelodi Sundowns	Bradenton, Florida	IMG Academy
Manchester City	Boca Raton, Florida	Lynn University
Monterrey	Los Angeles, California	Loyola Marymount University
Pachuca	Charlotte, North Carolina	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Palmeiras	Greensboro, North Carolina	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Paris Saint-Germain	Irvine, California	University of California, Irvine
Porto	Piscataway, New Jersey	Rutgers University
Real Madrid	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	Gardens North County District Park
Red Bull Salzburg	Whippany, New Jersey	Melanie Lane Training Ground
River Plate	Renton, Washington	Providence Swedish Performance Center & Clubhouse
Seattle Sounders FC	Renton, Washington	Providence Swedish Performance Center & Clubhouse
Ulsan HD	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte FC Performance Park
Urawa Red Diamonds	Portland, Oregon	University of Portland
Wydad AC	Bethesda, Maryland	Landon School

On April 14, 2025, FIFA confirmed that 117 match officials from 41 member associations would be selected for the tournament. This included 35 referees, 58 assistant referees, and 24 video match officials.^[48][49]

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees	Reserve referees
AFC	Alireza Faghani	Anton Shchetinin Ashley Beecham	Khamis Al-Marri Shaun Evans Fu Ming Mohammed Obaid Khadim	Omar Al Ali Ma Ning
	Salman Falahi	Ramzan Al-Naemi Majid Al-Shammari
	Ilgiz Tantashev	Timur Gaynullin Andrey Tsapenko
CAF	Dahane Beida	Jerson Emiliano dos Santos Stephen Yiembe	Hamza Al-Fariq Mahmoud Ashour	Mutaz Ibrahim Jean-Jacques Ndala
	Mustapha Ghorbal	Mokrane Gourari Abbes Akram Zerhouni
	Issa Sy	Djibril Camara Nouha Bangoura
CONCACAF	Iván Barton	David Morán Henry Pupiro	Tatiana Guzmán Érick Miranda Guillermo Pacheco Armando Villarreal
	Drew Fischer	Lyes Arfa Micheal Barwegen
	Saíd Martínez	Walter López Christian Ramírez
	Tori Penso	Kathryn Nesbitt Brooke Mayo
	César Ramos	Alberto Morín Marco Bisguerra
CONMEBOL	Ramon Abatti	Rafael Alves Danilo Manis	Nicolás Gallo Leodán González Juan Lara Hernán Mastrángelo Juan Soto	Gustavo Tejera
	Juan Gabriel Benítez	Eduardo Cardozo Milcíades Saldívar
	Yael Falcón	Facundo Rodríguez Maximiliano Del Yesso
	Cristián Garay	José Retamal Miguel Rocha
	Wilton Sampaio	Bruno Boschilia Bruno Pires
	Facundo Tello	Juan Pablo Belatti Gabriel Chade
	Jesús Valenzuela	Jorge Urrego Tulio Moreno
OFC				Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
UEFA	Espen Eskås	Jan Erik Engan Isaak Bashevkin	Ivan Bebek Jérôme Brisard Bastian Dankert Carlos del Cerro Grande Marco Di Bello Rob Dieperink Alejandro Hernández Hernández Tomasz Kwiatkowski Bram Van Driessche
	István Kovács	Mihai Marius Marica Ferencz Tunyogi
	François Letexier	Cyril Mugnier Mehdi Rahmouni
	Danny Makkelie	Hessel Steegstra Jan de Vries
	Szymon Marciniak	Tomasz Listkiewicz Adam Kupsik
	Glenn Nyberg	Mahbod Beigi Andreas Söderkvist
	Michael Oliver	Stuart Burt James Mainwaring
	Anthony Taylor	Gary Beswick Adam Nunn
	Clément Turpin	Nicolas Danos Benjamin Pagès
	Slavko Vinčić	Tomaž Klančnik Andraž Kovačič
	Felix Zwayer	Robert Kempter Christian Dietz

On December 17, 2023, FIFA announced the tournament would take place from June 15 to July 13, 2025.^[19] Prior to the draw, only the date and venue of the opening match (involving Inter Miami CF) and final was confirmed, along with the venue for the group stage matches of Seattle Sounders FC. The full match schedule with venues and kick-off times was finalized and published on December 7, 2024, following the draw.^[50] The start date of the tournament was altered, with the tournament beginning one day earlier on June 14. The schedule was created taking into account factors such as "sporting and player-centric criteria, local and traveling fans and global broadcast considerations".^[38]

Each club was required to name a provisional squad of between 26 and 50 players for the tournament. From June 1 to 10, 2025, the member associations of all participating clubs implemented an extraordinary transfer window to allow for the registration of newly signed players. Clubs were required to name their final squads of between 26 and 35 players, including at least three goalkeepers, by June 10.^[51] During the competition, clubs may make limited changes to their final lists from June 27 to July 3, should the club's member association have a transfer window open during this period, though no player can appear for two clubs during the tournament.^[52] Should a club's goalkeeper suffer from an injury or illness, that player can be replaced at any time.^[39]

French Montana and Swae Lee headlined the opening ceremony, which took place at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium before the opening match between Al Ahly and Inter Miami CF. Singers Vikina and Richaelio also performed during the ceremony, which was broadcast on DAZN.^[53]

In the group stage, teams were divided into eight groups of four (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, from which the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in each group was determined by the points obtained in all group matches. If two or more teams were equal on points the ranking was as follows:[39] Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria a. to c., teams still had an equal ranking,[note 5] criteria a. to c. were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who were still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria d. to g. applied. Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Team conduct ("fair play") points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player or coach in a single match): Yellow card: −1 points; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Inter Miami CF	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5[a]
3	Porto	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2[b]
4	Al Ahly	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2[b]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paris Saint-Germain	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Botafogo	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6[a]
3	Atlético Madrid	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6[a]
4	Seattle Sounders FC	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bayern Munich	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6
3	Boca Juniors	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Auckland City	3	0	1	2	1	17	−16	1

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chelsea	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Espérance de Tunis	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Los Angeles FC	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Milan	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Monterrey	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
3	River Plate	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borussia Dortmund	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Fluminense	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Mamelodi Sundowns	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Ulsan HD	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester City	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Juventus	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Al Ain	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
4	Wydad AC	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Red Bull Salzburg	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Pachuca	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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In the knockout stage, if the scores are equal when normal playing time expires, extra time will be played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This will be followed, if required, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.^[39]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

June 30 – Charlotte

Inter Milan

0

July 4 – Orlando

Fluminense

2

Fluminense

2

June 30 – Orlando

Al-Hilal

1

Manchester City

3

July 8 – East Rutherford

Al-Hilal (a.e.t.)

4

Fluminense

0

June 28 – Philadelphia

Chelsea

2

Palmeiras (a.e.t.)

1

July 4 – Philadelphia

Botafogo

0

Palmeiras

1

June 28 – Charlotte

Chelsea

2

Benfica

1

July 13 – East Rutherford

Chelsea (a.e.t.)

4

Chelsea

June 29 – Atlanta

Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain

4

July 5 – Atlanta

Inter Miami CF

0

Paris Saint-Germain

2

June 29 – Miami Gardens

Bayern Munich

0

Flamengo

2

July 9 – East Rutherford

Bayern Munich

4

Paris Saint-Germain

4

July 1 – Miami Gardens

Real Madrid

0

Real Madrid

1

July 5 – East Rutherford

Juventus

0

Real Madrid

3

July 1 – Atlanta

Borussia Dortmund

2

Borussia Dortmund

2

Monterrey

1

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As of July 9, 2025

Rank[116]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ángel Di María	Benfica	4
	Gonzalo García	Real Madrid
	Serhou Guirassy	Borussia Dortmund
	Marcos Leonardo	Al-Hilal
5	Wessam Abou Ali	Al Ahly	3
	Germán Berterame	Monterrey
	Phil Foden	Manchester City
	Erling Haaland	Manchester City
	Harry Kane	Bayern Munich
	Jamal Musiala	Bayern Munich
	Pedro Neto	Chelsea
	Michael Olise	Bayern Munich
	Fabián Ruiz	Paris Saint-Germain
	Kenan Yıldız	Juventus

1 own goal

• Wessam Abou Ali (Al Ahly, against Palmeiras)
• Tomás Avilés (Inter Miami CF, against Paris Saint-Germain)
• Abdelmounaim Boutouil (Wydad AC, against Juventus)
• Nathan Garrow (Auckland City, against Boca Juniors)
• Pierre Kalulu (Juventus, against Manchester City)
• Khuliso Mudau (Mamelodi Sundowns, against Borussia Dortmund)
• Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica, against Boca Juniors)
• Erick Pulgar (Flamengo, against Bayern Munich)
• Weverton (Palmeiras, against Chelsea)

The distribution model splits a total prize pool of US$1 billion between the 32 participating clubs. The winner of the tournament will be awarded up to US$125 million, marking a significant increase in financial rewards compared to previous editions. In addition to the prize money for the participating teams, a solidarity investment program has a target of an additional US$250 million being provided to club football across the world.^[117]

The distribution model for the 2025 edition is as follows:

Sporting performance pillar (US$475 million): Increasing payouts based on performance in the tournament.

• Group stage (three matches): + $2.0 million per win; + $1.0 million draw
• Round of 16: + $7.5 million
• Quarter-final: + $13.125 million
• Semi-final: + $21.0 million
• Finalist: + $30.0 million
• Winner: + $40.0 million

Participation pillar (US$525 million): Guaranteed payments to all 32 clubs (amounts are per club).

• Europe: $12.81–38.19 million (determined by a ranking based on sporting and commercial criteria)
• South America: $15.21 million
• North, Central America & Caribbean: $9.55 million
• Asia: $9.55 million
• Africa: $9.55 million
• Oceania: $3.58 million

Solidarity payments (US$250 million): In addition to the prize money for the participating teams, these payments are allocated to support clubs worldwide, fostering development and inclusivity in global football.

On July 15, 2024, media rights tender for the 2025 edition of FIFA's new top club competition opened for the Americas, Asia, and Middle East & North Africa.^[118] FIFA published an "invitation to tender in the Americas, Asia, and Middle East & North Africa" weeks after talks with tech giant Apple over an exclusive $1 billion global rights deal for the tournament, which was said to be a quarter of FIFA's broadcasting target value for the tournament, reportedly stalled.^{[119][120][121]} On September 19, 2024, FIFA called an emergency meeting to discuss broadcasting rights as a deal was still not reached.^[122]

On December 4, 2024, DAZN acquired global rights to the tournament for €1 billion; streaming all games for free as well as sublicensing rights to certain local broadcasters.^[123][124] For its own platform, DAZN decided to make an extensive coverage of the tournament, including special movies and programs, such as one featuring famous transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, focused on transfers leading up to the tournament.^[125] DAZN has also partnered with TikTok and content creators to promote the tournament in the short-video platform and in other social medias.^[126]

In the days leading up to the tournament, Sportradar announced a sub-licensing deal with DAZN for data and audiovisual broadcast for betting websites. Sportradar will work with partners to retransmit DAZN video data to its clients as well as use the data for match fixing prevention purposes, as part of an existing partnership with FIFA.^[127]

On April 10, 2025, Chinese streaming platform Migu acquired broadcast rights in China to the FIFA Club World Cup in a direct deal spanning two editions. Since DAZN has no presence in China, it is understood that FIFA has negotiated the deal with Migu directly.^[128]

On June 11, 2025, Coupang Play in South Korea announced it would provide coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup under a separate pricing plan to its basic plan.^[129] DAZN has no presence in South Korea, but it is unknown whether Coupang Play negotiated the broadcasting rights through DAZN or directly with FIFA.

The following is the list of DAZN sublicensed broadcasters:

The following is a list of direct licensing partners:

Territory	Rights holder(s)	Package of matches	Ref.
China	Migu	All matches	[128]
	CCTV	Final only

On September 4, 2024, FIFA released the official emblem and audio signature of the tournament. The emblem takes inspiration from the ball, football history and culture, with the initials of the tournament abstracted into a circular icon.^[216] The official audio features Italian singer Gala's song "Freed from Desire".^[217] On November 14, FIFA unveiled the new Club World Cup trophy.^[218][219] On January 29, 2025, it was announced that FIFA Music Ambassador Robbie Williams would perform at the tournament, including a new song.^[220]

On January 31, 2025, the official match ball was revealed by Adidas. The design features jagged-edged block patterns and deconstructed stars and stripes in red, white, and blue, the colors of the flag of the United States.^[221] On July 7, the official match ball for the final was revealed. It features the same design as the previous ball, but the red part is switched to gold. The ball is used for the tournament's last three matches; both semi-finals and the final, all of which are held at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.^[222]

Alongside Gala's "Freed from Desire", a remake of the Queen song "We Will Rock You" by American rapper Pitbull and producer RedOne serves as one of the official songs of the tournament. Pitbull sang the 2014 FIFA World Cup official song, "We Are One (Ole Ola)", while RedOne produced the 2022 tournament's official album.^[223]

The listening of "Freed from Desire" exploded during the tournament, with various Internet memes using the song being made in various social media platforms and Spotify announcing a rise of over 13% in daily average listening globally during late June 2025, including a boost YoY in some regions; as an example, in Brazil, the song had a rise of over 850% vs. the same period in 2024 and a 450% rise just in the first half of June 2025.^{[224][225][226]}

FIFA Club World Cup sponsors	FIFA Club World Cup supporters	Regional sponsors/supporters
AB InBev (Michelob Ultra and Budweiser)[227][228][229] Airbnb[230] Bank of America[231] Coca-Cola[232][233] Hisense[234] Lenovo (Motorola)[235][236] PIF[237] Qatar Airways[238][239] Visa[240][241]	Adidas Rock-it Cargo[242] LVMH (Tiffany & Co.)[243] Taittinger[244]	Betano[245] Home Depot[246] Visit Qatar

The proposed expansion was criticized by FIFPRO, a union of professional players for 66 associations, as well as the World Leagues Forum, which represents 24 professional leagues; both organizations raised concerns about player welfare due to the added fixtures in an already congested playing calendar.^[247][16] The Spanish top division league, La Liga, also criticized the plan and said in a statement that it would consider legal action to block the expansion.^[248] Many clubs and national associations have opposed its scheduling, accusing FIFA of prioritizing money over the health of the players.^[249]

The addition of the annual FIFA Intercontinental Cup tournament was also criticized for creating an overload of competitions that would further put the health of the players at risk.^[250] In May 2024, FIFPRO and the World Leagues Forum published a letter they sent to FIFA that calls on a rescheduling of the tournament as well as a reform to the FIFA International Match Calendar to give players more time to rest between major competitions, which have also seen expansions. The organizations also stated in the letter that they would advise member clubs to seek legal action or other options in the event that schedule congestion is not addressed.^[250][251] On June 13, 2024, FIFPRO announced that England's Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and France's Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNPF) submitted a legal claim with the Business Court in Brussels to protest the tournament.^[252] FIFPRO has warned throughout 2024 that if a compromise is not reached about the Club World Cup, their players may organize a strike.^[253] On January 30, 2025, Infantino and FIFPRO met to discuss fixture congestion.^[254]

In a written response to criticism of the added fixtures stated in the letter sent by the FIFPRO and World Leagues Forum, FIFA stated that the accusations stated in the letter were "not supported by facts" and that the schedule for the Club World Cup was aligned with the FIFA International Match Calendar to assure enough time between the tournament final and the start of domestic leagues to ensure player welfare, FIFA also mentions that its own events only occupy 1% of the entire football calendar and was agreed by FIFPRO, confederations and players beforehand.^[255][256]

The potential impact of transfers on the tournament was questioned, as the summer transfer window will be open in many leagues during the tournament, and thus players in the tournament could potentially be moved to a different club during the tournament, including to other teams playing. In addition, many player contracts in Europe expire on June 30, which could affect the participation of some players.^[255]

On October 3, 2024, FIFA announced that an optional transfer window from June 1–10 will be allowed for the member associations whose clubs have qualified for the tournament. Should this window be implemented, it would be available for all clubs from the concerned associations and not only to those participating in the Club World Cup. To address the contract issue, FIFA stated that there would be a "restricted in-competition period" from June 27 to July 3 "within a set limit and according to specific limitations" when the clubs may replace players whose contracts are slated to expire.^[257]

In an issue not unique to the Club World Cup, some teams in the tournament are owned by multi-club ownership groups, including tournament qualifiers Pachuca and León, which are both owned by Grupo Pachuca, and which may raise conflict of interest concerns.^[255] In response to this concern, FIFA has stated in the tournament regulations that clubs in the competition cannot own shares, be members of other clubs, or influence their performance. Similarly, individuals cannot simultaneously manage or influence multiple clubs. "Influence" in this context is defined as holding a majority of voting rights, having the right to appoint or remove majority board members, controlling a majority of voting rights through agreements, or exercising a decisive influence in the club's decision-making. Should two or more clubs fail to meet the criteria, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee shall review the cases to determine admission status, and the FIFA general secretariat shall allow only one of any conflicted clubs to participate while also selecting the replacement for the prohibited club in the competition.^[39]

In November 2024, Costa Rican club Alajuelense announced it had requested FIFA to enforce its multi-club ownership rule to disqualify either Pachuca or León and would pursue legal action if necessary.^[258] Alajuelense would have been the first team eligible to qualify via CONCACAF's ranking pathway, given the restriction of two clubs per association. However, this assumes the host slot is counted toward the association restriction; otherwise American club Philadelphia Union would be the first eligible team via the ranking pathway.^[23] FIFA subsequently ruled that Alajuelense could not be involved in any proceedings.^[259] On February 4, 2025, Alajuelense filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA, Pachuca, and León.^[260] Ultimately the case against Grupo Pachuca was successful and León was removed from the tournament on March 21, 2025.^[261] According to The Guardian and confirmed by FIFA, the replacement would come in a one-game playoff ahead of the tournament between 2023 CONCACAF Champions League runner-up Los Angeles FC and the highest-ranked by coefficient Mexican club not already in the tournament, Club América, should Leon's expulsion be confirmed.^[262] Notably, this excludes both Alajuelense and Philadelphia Union.^[263] There was an expedited appeal hearing regarding Leon's expulsion scheduled for the week of May 5, 2025. Separately, and subject to the confirmation of Leon's potential removal, Alajuelense's case was heard on April 23, 2025, in Madrid.^[264] The expulsion of León, the rejection of Alajuelense's demand to replace León, and the playoff match between Los Angeles FC and Club América were later confirmed on May 6, 2025.^[265] On May 31, Los Angeles FC clinched the final spot in the tournament with a 2–1 extra-time win over Club América at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.^[266]

Initially, prices for matches at the tournament were considered by fans as being set very high compared to tournaments such as the World Cup and UEFA Euros with some tickets costing as much as $2,200 for the final due to dynamic pricing. On February 10, 2025, it was reported that FIFA had cut the prices of tickets due to low interest, as the prices for the cheapest tickets for the semi-finals and final had dropped to around $140 and $300, respectively.^[267][268] There had also reports that FIFA charged a 10% cancellation fee for those who wanted to exchange their tickets.^[269] Despite fears with the opening game with reports of sudden promos and price cuts,^[270] FIFA considered the opening match between Al Ahly and Inter Miami a success, with an attendance of over 60,000 spectators and "a global TV audience".^[271]

On average, stadiums were filled to about 51% of their capacity during the group stage and round-of-16 matches. While several games had strong attendance—11 out of 56 reached over 90% capacity, including six at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium — 14 games attracted fewer than 20,000 spectators, although, most of the lowest matches were played at MLS stadiums that are much smaller than NFL stadiums.^[272]

On July 2, FIFA reported that the overall number of tickets sold so far was 2,009,825, with the average being around 36,000 per match, on par or even above some European leagues, such as Serie A that had 30,772 and the Premier League, that had around 40,000 last season.^[272][273]

Supporters from South America, Africa and Asia were praised for their passion for football, although Al Wydad fans caused some trouble throwing smoke bombs into the field during a few of its games, specially the game against Juventus when seven supporters were ejected from stadium and one supporter was arrested.^{[274][275][276]}

As with previous editions of the FIFA Club World Cup, the new format allocated a slot reserved for the host nation.^[21] Traditionally, this slot is filled by the defending champion of the host nation. The champion of Major League Soccer is determined by a postseason playoff rather than the regular season record (in the case of the 2024 season, it was the LA Galaxy).^[277] The exact qualification method had been left undetermined for an extended period of time into the 2024 regular season. At the mid-season MLS All-Star Game, league commissioner Don Garber suggested that the spot could be filled with the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield winner, the MLS Cup 2024 winner, or a possible playoff between them.^[278][279]

On October 19, 2024, FIFA announced that the final slot would be given to Inter Miami CF as winners of the 2024 Supporters' Shield, prior to the beginning of the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs and after Inter Miami CF had already won the Shield.^[41] The rationale for this was considered to be because the Club World Cup has traditionally taken the host champions through who won silverware in the "league setting."^[280] FIFA explained that it chose the Supporters' Shield winner because that award reflects a league setting, as opposed to MLS Cup. It also stated that it made the decision prior to Inter Miami's win, but could not announce it until regulations were approved in pre-scheduled conventions.^[280]

This decision came under criticism from fans and media pundits for its lack of transparency, lack of qualification by traditional sporting merit, and as an attempt to court sponsors by ensuring that Lionel Messi would feature in the tournament.^[277][281] On November 10, 2024, Inter Miami CF was eliminated from the MLS Cup playoffs by Atlanta United FC in the first round.^[282] Despite this, then-Inter Miami CF head coach Gerardo Martino defended the selection of the team, arguing that the Supporters' Shield was enough justification for selection.^[283]

On June 2, players for Seattle Sounders FC wore T-shirts reading "Club World Cup Cash Grab" ahead of their match against Minnesota United FC, to criticize the compensation they were receiving from MLS for participating in the Club World Cup.^[284] The protest was organized in part by the MLS Players Association (MLSPA), which released a statement criticizing MLS and the Club World Cup: "FIFA's new tournament piles on to players' ever-increasing workload without regard to their physical well-being. In order to seize this additional calendar territory, FIFA had to commit historic amounts of prize money to secure club and player participation. As a result, MLS will receive an unprecedented financial windfall. Despite this windfall, the league has refused to allocate a fair percentage of those funds to the players themselves."^[284]

On June 10, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that they would provide security during the first round of games for the tournaments and reminded non-American citizens to provide proof that they can legally stay. This drew concern from fans who were worried about the Trump administration's deportation policy, especially since those detained could be held without trial or sent to other countries such as El Salvador.^[285] Gianni Infantino defended the increased presence, stating that security for fans was a "priority".^[285] The opening game of the tournament was played in the same stadium that hosted the 2024 Copa América final, which saw thousands of fans rush the gates to gain entry.^[285]

On June 15, a report mentioned that star Boca Juniors defender Ayrton Costa had been denied his visa due to an robbery case in 2018. Several days later, the decision was reversed and he was granted a special 26-day visa for the tournament.^[286]

The tournament has intensified the rivalry between European teams and the rest of the world, in particular the South Americans. Initially the debate involved how well the non-European teams would fare against the European teams. It then became very intense when South American teams beat European teams. Some South American managers, fans, and journalists also tried to dismiss European criticism of the tournament as "loser excuses" and a "symbol of European arrogance and elitism".^{[288][289][290][291][292]}

Among notable Europeans, Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique rebutted the South American critiques, saying he does not know why South Americans care so much about the debate and that South Americans have nothing to prove since "South American football is a world football power (alongside Europe)".^[293][294] Meanwhile, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola gave a favorable opinion to the South American debate, saying that he likes the duels and that people should not be surprised when a South American beats a European team, saying, "[P]eople say, 'Ah, surprise, a European team lost'. Oh, yeah, welcome to the real world, right? Welcome to the world, my friends. You look like you are just moving your belly, and you are not watching what happens, because they (also) are good."^[295]

Due to the results of the Brazilian teams, searches for "Brazilian League" had exploded on Google Trends, being the biggest boom in league searches since 2020.^{[296][297][298]}

In twelve direct encounters at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, European clubs held a favorable head-to-head record against their South American counterparts, with six wins for UEFA teams, three wins for CONMEBOL teams, and three draws recorded between them.^[272][299]

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