The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will unfold across 11 cities in the USA from June 14th-July 13th 2025. This competition has come through significant evolution in international football, expanding to 32 teams and adopting a format similar to the FIFA World Cup.
This year tournament is scheduled to start on June 14th with the opening match at Hard Rock stadium, Miami, Florida and the final on July 13th at MetLife stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
In typical fashion, the tournament features top clubs from around the world. The format and structure includes 32 clubs from all six FIFA confederations with 8 groups of 4 teams. The participating teams and their groups includes
(Group A) Al Ahly | FC Porto | Inter Miami FC | Palmeiras
(Group B) Atletico Madrid | Botafogo FR | PSG | Seattle Sounders
(Group C) Auckland City FC | Beyern Munich | Benfica | Boca Juniors
(Group D) Chelsea | Espernace | Flamengo | Los Angeles FC
(Group E) Inter Milan | Monterrey | River Plate | Urawa Red Diamonds
(Group F) Borrusia Dortmund | Fluminense | Mamelodi Sundowns | Ulsan Hyundai
(Group G) Al-Ain | Juventus | Manchester City | Wydad Casablanca
(Group H) Al Hilal | Pachuca | Real Madrid | FC Salzburg
Manchester City are the defending champions of the FIFA Club World Cup, having secured their first title in the 2023 edition of the tournament. In the final held in December 22, 2023 at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, they defeated Brazillian side Fluminense with a convincing 4-0 victory. As the defending champions, Manchester City are set to participate in this years expanded 32-team showdown, aiming to defend their title.
