Of the 24 clubs participating in the 2025 Club World Cup, the European region has identified 12 teams after the Champions League quarter-finals ended on the morning of April 18, with the last two teams to win tickets being Atletico Madrid and RB Salzburg. Meanwhile, Arsenal and Barcelona were eliminated.
Previously, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus had tickets to attend FIFA’s new club-level tournament, increasing to 32 teams.
Other regions, including Africa (4 places), are still waiting to determine 2 places after 2 clubs Al Ahly (Egypt) and Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) already have places. In the Asian region (4 spots), there are currently 3 clubs participating including Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) and Ulsan HD (Korea).
The CONCACAF region (North, Central America and the Caribbean) has determined 3/4 teams including Monterrey (Mexico), Seattle Sounders FC (USA) and Club Leon (Mexico), only waiting for 1 spot from the CONCACAF Champions Cup champion. this year. This is the tournament where Messi and Inter Miami Club were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The Oceania region only has 1 place with the club Auckland City (New Zealand) participating, while the South America region with 6 places has 3 clubs participating including Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminense, all from Brazil.
FIFA also reserved a separate 32nd spot for the home team, the United States. Previously, there was information that this spot would be chosen from the MLS 2024 championship team.
However, according to a source from Marca newspaper: “There are currently no regulations on choosing the 32nd club as the home team of the United States to attend the 2025 Club World Cup. FIFA can invite any club they want, that club is close to home. like certainly Inter Miami, where Messi and top players like Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba are playing.
The new version of the Club World Cup 2025 with 32 leading global clubs participating, takes place from June 15 to July 13, 2025 in the US. Clubs eligible to participate will receive from FIFA from 25 million USD to 70 million USD depending on the region and reputation of the club. The deeper you progress into the tournament, the more prize money the clubs will receive.
Accordingly, the 32 clubs participating in the 2025 Club World Cup will be divided into 8 groups, each group has 4 teams with the top 2 teams in each group entering the knock-out round.
