Club World Cup 2025: Date, format, teams, prize money and how to follow as revamped competition includes Messi, Mbappe and Bellingham
Some of the world’s biggest clubs will be eyeing glory in the USA this summer as a brand-new competition takes place.
FIFA have revamped their usually annual Club World Cup, expanding it to 32 teams and now scheduling it for every four years instead.
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It means teams from continents all over the world will now compete in a longer format tournament and look to become the first-ever champions of the new event.
Lionel Messi will be involved with Inter Miami while Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane will feature too, along with Manchester City, Chelsea, PSG and others.
An incredible amount of prize money will be on the line, with the winner set to receive almost $100million.
Club World Cup 2025: Start date and times
The tournament will begin on Sunday, June 15 and it will run for just under a month until the final takes place on Sunday, July 13.
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The event is being held across the United States, with games being played in 12 different cities and stadiums.
The opening fixture is scheduled to take place at 1am UK time on June 15, with three more games to follow on that day.
Kick-off times during the group stage vary on each day between 5pm UK time until 2am.
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Club World Cup 2025: Format
The Club World Cup will begin with a group stage composed of eight groups with four teams.
It will be played in a single-game round-robin format.
The top two teams from each group will reach the Round of 16.
And from then on, it is knockout football with the winner of each game progressing.
There will be a semi-final and final, but no third-place play-off is scheduled.
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Club World Cup 2025: How to watch
FIFA have announced for them to stream the entire tournament for FREE.
That means all 63 matches will be available to billions of football fans worldwide, making it potentially one of the most-watched sporting events of 2025.
It is currently unclear if you will have to already have a DAZN subscription to access this or if it will be available separately.
More information regarding this will follow in due course.
Club World Cup: Teams
There will be a total of 32 teams playing in the brand-new tournament.
They are split between all of the international football confederations.
Four teams from Africa, four teams from Asia and four teams from North and Central America make up 12 of the sides involved.
Another six will come from South America, one team come from Oceania and one team will also come from the host country, which is the USA.
The biggest chunk of teams will come from Europe, with 12 taking part.
Mexican side Club Leon have been removed from the tournament due to breaching multi-club ownership rules, with LAFC and Club America potentially playing to replace them.
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Club World Cup: Groups
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, Club Leon (set to be replaced)
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
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Club World Cup: Stadiums
The tournament will be played across 12 stadiums in the USA.
63 matches are set to be hosted at the venues with the final being played at the MetLife Stadium in New York, New Jersey.
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Here are all the host venues at the Club World Cup:
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
- TDL Stadium - Cincinnati
- Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte
- Rose Bowl Stadium - LA
- Hard Rock Stadium - Miami
- GEODIS Park - Nashville
- MetLife Stadium - New York
- Camping World Stadium - Orlando
- Inter&Co Stadium - Orlando
- Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia
- Lumen Field - Seattle
- Audi Field - Washington D.C
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