The new Super Club World Cup of 2025 will be held in the United States: Madrid, City and Chelsea, already classified
The FIFA Council has decided today that the United States will host the first edition of the new Club World Cup, which will be held every four years, will start in 2025 and will feature 32 teams.. In a session held by videoconference from the entity's headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland), FIFA took into account that the North American country “has demonstrated its exceptional capacity to organize world-class competitions” and, furthermore, “the designation will allow us to take advantage of the synergies created by hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA”.
The dates and venues will be determined “soon”, the organization specified, while Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, stressed that it will be “a historic event”. “Fans from all continents will travel to the United States within two years full of energy and enthusiasm for this historic event, which is part of our mission to achieve truly global soccer,” he said.
Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea are the European clubs that have already qualified, along with Saudi Al Hilal (champion of the AFC Champions League 21-22), Egyptian Al Ahly (champion of the CAF Champions League 20-21 and 22-23), Moroccan Wydad Casablanca (21-22 CAF Champions), Mexican Monterrey (2021 Concacaf Champions), American Seattle Sounders (2022 Concacaf Champions) , the Brazilian Palmeiras (2021 Libertadores champion), the Brazilian Flamengo (2022 Libertadores champion), the Japanese Urawa Red Diamonds (2023 AFC Champions) and Club León (2023 Concachampions champion).
the 32 squares
In February 2023, FIFA defined the scheme to distribute the 32 places among the continental Confederations:
UEFA: 12 clubs. Champions of the Champions League from 2020/21 to 2023/24 and the remaining eight places will be allocated according to the confederation club ranking.
CONMEBOL: 6 clubs. champions of the Copa Libertadores, from 2021 to 2024, and the two remaining places will be awarded according to the ranking of clubs in the confederation.
Concacaf: 4 clubs. Champion of the Concachampions from 2021 to 2024.
AFC: 4 clubs. Champion of the AFC Champions League from 2021 to 2024.
CAF: 4 clubs. CAF Champions League champion from 2021 to 2024.
OFC: 1 club. Among the OFC Champions League champions from 2021 to 2024, the one with the best position in the Confederation club ranking will qualify.
Host country: 1 place. The access of the team that occupies this place will be determined later.
In the event that a club has won two or more editions of the highest club competition of its confederation in the 2021-2024 period, a club classification calculated according to sporting criteria will be used to access the tournament.. A limit of two clubs per country will be imposed on the access list, except in cases where more than two clubs from the same country win their confederation's top club competition over a four-year period. For example, while waiting to find out the champion of the UEFA Champions League 23-24, those eight European places would be occupied right now, according to the UEFA ranking, by Bayern, PSG, Juventus, Barcelona, Rome, Ajax, Dortmund and Benfica.. Teams like Liverpool, Manchester United, Sevilla, Atlético or Inter would be left out unless they win the next edition.
The format will have a group phase with eight divisions and four participants each, in which the first two of each group will qualify for the round of 16.