The Editorial Team Wednesday 17 April 2024, 10.52am
We explain the criteria for the tournament that will start in the United States in the summer of 2025. We make a point to understand the clubs already qualified and those still hoping to get a ticket to participate
EPA 1 of 25 The 32-team Club World Cup will be played from June 15 to July 13, 2025 in the United States (and will be held once every four years). Eight groups of four teams each will be drawn, the top two from each group will advance. From the eighth knockout matches to the final.
Here is how the participants will be divided:
UEFA (Europe): 12 posts
CONMEBOL (South America): 6 places
AFC (Asia): 4 places
CAF (Africa): 4 places
CONCACAF (Central and North America): 4 places
OFC (Oceania): 1 post
Host country: 1 place
Europe qualifies the winners of the last 4 editions of the Champions League, plus the best 8 by Champions ranking (not UEFA, otherwise Roma would have had a place): each country cannot have more than 2 teams, unless they are all winners of the tournament.
Getty Images 2 of 25 EUROPE QUALIFIERS:
1) Manchester City (2023 Champions League winners) EPA 3 of 25 2) Real Madrid (2022 Champions League winners) EPA 4 of 25 3) Chelsea (2021 Champions League winners) EPA 5 of 25 4) Bayern Munich (qualified by ranking) Getty Images 6 of 25 5) Psg (qualified by ranking) Inter via Getty Images 7 of 25 6) Inter (qualified by ranking) EPA 8 of 25 7) Porto (qualified by ranking) EPA 9 of 25 8) Benfica (qualified by ranking) EPA 10 of 25 9) Borussia Dortmund (qualified by ranking) Juventus FC via Getty Images 11 of 25 10) Juventus (qualified by ranking) EPA 12 of 25 11) Atletico Madrid (qualified by ranking) EPA 13 of 25 12) Salzburg (qualified by ranking) EPA 14 of 25 QUALIFIED SOUTH AMERICA:
1) Fluminense (vincitrice Libertadores 2023) Getty Images 15 di 25 2) Flamengo (vincitrice Libertadores 2022) Getty Images 16 di 25 3) Palmeiras (vincitrice Libertadores 2021) EPA 17 di 25 QUALIFIATE AFRICA:
1) Al Ahly SC (Winner of the African Champions League 2020/21 and 2022-23)
EPA 18 of 25 2) Wydad AC (2021/22 African Champions winners) EPA 19 of 25 ASIA QUALIFIERS:
1) Al Hilal SFC (2021 Asian Champions winners)
EPA 20 of 25 2) Urawa Red Diamonds (2022 Asian Champions winners) Getty Images 21 of 25 CENTRAL-NORTH AMERICA QUALIFIERS:
1) CF Monterrey (winner of the 2021 Central-North American Champions League)
USA TODAY Sports 22 of 25 2) Seattle Sounders (2022 North-Central American Champions winners) EPA 23 of 25 3) Club Leon (2023 Central-North American Champions winners) Getty Images 24 of 25 OCEANIA QUALIFIED:
1) Auckland City FC (qualified from Oceania via ranking)
25 of 25 THE OTHER TEAMS CURRENTLY QUALIFIED:
Boca Juniors (South America)
River Plate (South America)
Club Olimpia* (South America)
Philadelphia Union* (Central and North America)
Mamelodi Sundowns (Africa)
Esperance Sportsman of Tunis* (Africa)
Jeonbuk Motors (Asia)
Ulsan* (Asia)
* Qualified via ranking if the winner of the continental cup in 2024 was already among the teams officially admitted to the next Club World Cup
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