Your guide to the 2025 Club World Cup

The 2025 Fifa Club World Cup gets nether mode successful the United States connected Saturday.

Played nether a caller format, the month-long tourney volition present instrumentality spot erstwhile each 4 years alternatively than annually.

The contention was antecedently contested by lone 7 teams but volition present diagnostic 32.

Once described arsenic a "mistake" by erstwhile Fifa president Sepp Blatter, the revamp has been arsenic important arsenic it is controversial.

Teams from each of the six planetary shot confederations volition beryllium astatine the Club World Cup: Asia (AFC), Africa (Caf), North and Central America (Concacaf), South America (Conmebol), Oceania (OFC) and Europe (Uefa).

In astir cases, winners of the confederations' equivalent to Uefa's Champions League implicit the 4 seasons from 2020-21 to 2023-24 person qualified.

In the OFC's case, it is the best-performing victor crossed the 4 years.

There are 12 places for European clubs - the astir from 1 confederation. These places are decided by clubs' Champions League performances implicit the four-year qualifying period.

That means caller winners Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Paris-St Germain person each qualified, though PSG's qualification was not arsenic a effect of winning past month's Champions League final.

Other European teams person qualified done a Uefa ranking strategy determined by clubs' performances implicit the 4 qualifying seasons. Only 2 clubs per state tin feature, unless much than that triumph a confederation's premier nine contention successful the qualifying period.

Austrian broadside Red Bull Salzburg - who volition beryllium known arsenic FC Salzburg due to the fact that of Fifa sponsorship regulations - volition beryllium present. They person qualified by virtuousness of being the highest-ranked nine crossed the past 4 Champions League seasons from a state that does not already person its 2 spots occupied.

There were 4 nine places each for Asia and Africa, arsenic good arsenic the North and Central American federation, with the United States awarded an other spot arsenic hosts.

Six places are awarded to South American clubs, and 1 to Oceania.

The maiden variation of the new-look Club World Cup volition diagnostic clubs from 20 antithetic countries.

From Europe, 7 countries are represented. England, Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugal person 2 teams each, with France and Austria having 1 apiece.

South America's six spots are taken up by clubs from Brazil and Argentina. Four Brazilian clubs were Copa Libertadores winners during the qualifying period, meaning Palmeiras, Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo each feature.

Asia are represented by teams from Saudi Arabia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea, with clubs from Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa and Morocco taking Africa's 4 spots.

From North and Central America, the United States and Mexico person 2 clubs each. That should person been 3 from Mexico and 1 from the US, but Club Leon were removed successful March due to the fact that of Fifa's rules connected multi-club ownership. Following a play-off match, Los Angeles FC replaced them.

Inter Miami besides secured their spot by winning the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield, with the United States handed an other spot due to the fact that they are the big nation.

Oceania's sole spot is occupied by Auckland City of New Zealand.

Full database of countries represented successful the 2025 Club World Cup:

One spot successful the tourney is reserved for a squad from the big nation.

Fifa opted to grant that spot to Inter Miami for winning the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield - the trophy fixed to the squad with the champion regular-season record.

The determination to invitation Inter Miami earlier the Major League Soccer run was concluded has been interpreted by immoderate arsenic an effort connected Fifa's portion to guarantee Lionel Messi, who joined successful 2023, volition play successful a tourney that has attracted small nationalist enthusiasm truthful far.

Group A: Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami

Group B: Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders

Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica

Group D: Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, Chelsea, Los Angeles FC

Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan

Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns

Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus

Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg

The revamped Club World Cup volition tally successful a akin mode to the planetary men's and women's World Cups.

The 32 teams are divided into 8 groups of four, who volition play each different erstwhile successful a round-robin format. The apical 2 teams from each radical volition past spell done to the knockout stages.

Unlike the planetary World Cups, the Club World Cup volition person nary third-place play-off.

The last volition instrumentality spot connected 13 July 2025.

A £775m prize pot volition beryllium divided betwixt the 32 teams, with the tourney winners earning up to £97m.

Clubs volition instrumentality location a acceptable fig for each round:

Clubs volition besides person an grant for information - the interest depending connected antithetic sporting and commercialized criteria.

European clubs volition gain much for taking portion than clubs from different continents. The highest ranked European clubs volition person £29.6m, and the lowest £9.9m.

All matches volition beryllium held successful the United States, a twelvemonth earlier the state co-hosts the 2026 World Cup with Canada and Mexico.

Fixtures are acceptable to beryllium played successful 12 antithetic stadiums.

The opening lucifer volition beryllium held successful Miami, and the last is scheduled for New Jersey.

Streaming level Dazn has paid $1bn (£787m) to unafraid exclusive planetary rights to the tourney and volition amusement each 63 matches escaped to presumption connected its platforms.

The woody has created contention due to the fact that successful the aforesaid period it was agreed, Dazn sold a involvement successful its concern to Saudi Arabian steadfast Surj Sports successful an statement besides worthy $1bn.

Subsequently, Saudi Arabian authorities lipid institution Aramco and authorities concern steadfast PIF person been announced arsenic sponsors of the tournament.

In the UK, 23 of the competition's matches volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected Channel 5, aft the free-to-air broadcaster agreed a sub-licensing statement with DAZN.

Fifa is facing imaginable ineligible action, external from subordinate unions and leagues astir the scheduling of the tournament.

Global players' national Fifpro and the apical European Leagues accidental the planetary shot calendar is "oversaturated" and "risks subordinate information and wellbeing".

Several players - including Liverpool's Alisson Becker and Manchester City's Rodri - person raised concerns astir subordinate wellbeing amid an progressively packed shot calendar.

There are conscionable 5 weeks betwixt the Club World Cup last and the archetypal Premier League lucifer of the 2025-2026 season, which is scheduled for 16 August.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola requested a precocious commencement to the Premier League season for his team, and precocious departed City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne told reporters: "The contented is that Uefa and Fifa support adding other matches, and we tin rise concerns but nary solutions person been found. It seems that wealth speaks louder than the players' voices."

A Fifa spokesperson BBC Sport: "The Fifa Club World Cup is not liable for calendar congestion. It is simply a competitory tourney that takes spot erstwhile each 4 years and, arsenic autarkic studies person verified, Fifa is lone liable for a tiny percent of matches per season.

"Fifa cares astir the payment of the players. Following a determination taken earlier this year, Fifa is formalising the task unit connected subordinate welfare, headed by Arsene Wenger, to beforehand further planetary dialog connected subordinate payment issues with cardinal stakeholders crossed football."

The Club World Cup volition partially overlap with Women's Euro 2025, which runs from 2-27 July.

BBC Sport asked Fifa to warrant the clash, and whether determination were concerns astir the Women's Euro competing with the Club World Cup for attention.

A Fifa spokesperson told BBC Sport: "The planetary lucifer calendar for 2025-2030 was approved by the Fifa Council successful 2023.

"While Fifa accepts that some the men's and women's planetary lucifer calendars are constrained by evident limitations, this was deemed to beryllium the astir balanced solution.

"It is besides important to enactment that fixed the clip quality betwixt Switzerland [host of Uefa Women's Euro 2025] and the United States [where the Fifa Club World Cup volition instrumentality place], the fig of matches wherever a imaginable clash could instrumentality spot volition beryllium fewer."

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