United States is attracting the attention of the world of the football. In addition to the landing of Leo Messi in the MLS and of the announcement that the North American nation, together with Canada and Mexico, will be headquarters of the Glass of the World of 2026, informed that it also will house the first edition of the World-wide of Clubs organised by the FIFA with his new format of 32 participants.
The magno event will carry out between June and July of 2025 and will gather to 12 teams of the UEFA, six of the CONMEBOL (Sudamérica), four of the CONCACAF (North America), four of the AFC (Asia), four of the CAF (Africa), one of the OFC (Oceania) and one of the host country. These clubs will form 8 groups of 4 participants and only will happen the two first of each group. From there, they will confront in a process of eliminatory to only party until it define to the champion.
It could the FC Barcelona participate?
The group blaugrana has serious possibilities to contest the afamado tournament. By part of the UEFA, Chelsea, the Real Madrid and the Manchester City already have ensured his contingents, since they topped champions of the editions of the Champions League of 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. It would remain for defining the last contingent awarded by this road, that will be for the victorious of the continental tournament in 2024.
They subtract 8 contingents, assigned according to the ranking of coefficients UEFA, and the Barça could 'fish' one of them. If it did not become champion of the Champions League in 2024, the ones of Xavi would have to at least have a performance stood out in the continental contest, trascending further of the phase of groups and arriving the more far that it was him possible.
According to The Gazzetta dello Sport, in accordance with the registers that have up to now, the Bayern Munich with 84 points would remain with one of the squares. Besides, the PSG with 66 points, the Inter with 60, the Benfica with 49 and the Juventus with 47 would complete the 'top five' of the classification. The Barcelona square would go in in the tournament 'by a peel', since it is with 42 points, behind the Carry (45) and the Borussia Dortmund with 44.
The team of the City Condal could have to his favour the fact that the Juventus will not play the Champions League, by what will not add points in the coefficient. Equally, thanks to the regulation of the tournament 'removed' a rival more than on, since only it can have two clubs by nation, except that there is more than two champions by country, in this case the Liverpool, that is better positioned that the culés, could not participate due to the fact that the 'citizens' and the 'blues' already occupy the square of English clubs in the contest.
Who already are classified?
By Sudamérica already have ensured a place in the tournament so much the Palmeiras, champion of the Libertadores of 2021, like the Flamengo, victorious of the edition of 2022. It would be missing for defining to the monarchs of 2023 and 2024, in addition to the better teams positioned in the ranking.
By the CONCACAF, will play the Monterrey and Club León of Mexico and the Seattle Sounders of United States, champions of the Concachampions between 2021 and 2023. The African representatives will be the To the Ahly of Egypt, winner in 2021 and 2023, and the Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, that went the victorious in 2022.
By the Asian continent will be the To the Hilal (2021) and the Urawa Network Diamonds (2022) triunfadores of the Champions Asian and by Oceania will go the champion of continental contest between 2021 and 2024 with better 'ranking'. The American nation when being host has the opportunity to choose to a club of his country, the conditions of his election have not been provided by the FIFA.