OFFICIAL: FIFA announces date and venue for 2025 Club World Cup draw

The Club World Cup is beginning to take shape after FIFA announced the date and place of the group draw on Monday, November 11. Through its official media, the institution confirmed that it will take place on Thursday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m. in Miami and will be broadcast live to the entire world.

The competition will be held in the United States between June 15 and July 13, 2025 and, at the moment, 31 teams have qualified. The last ticket will go to the winner of the Copa Libertadores final, which will be played by Brazilian teams Atlético Mineiro and Botafogo in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on Saturday, November 30.

In the new format of the competition, there will be a group stage, made up of 8 groups of 4 teams each, with each team playing three games and the best two teams from each group qualifying for the next stage. The knockout phase will then take place, divided into the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The champion will have to play a total of seven matches to win the title and there will be no match for third place.

Teams qualified for the 2025 Club World Cup

FC Barcelona has been left out of the first edition of the tournament due to its position in the UEFA rankings, as FIFA only allowed two teams per country to qualify and both Real Madrid (2nd) and Atlético de Madrid (10th) were above the Catalans (12th) in the standings. These are the 31 teams that have qualified so far:

UEFA

• Spain: Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid
• England: Manchester City and Chelsea
• Italy: Inter of Milan and Juventus
• Germany: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund
• France: Paris Saint-Germain
• Portugal: Porto and Benfica
• Austria: RB Salzburg

CONMEBOL

• Brazil: Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminese
• Argentina: River Plate and Boca Juniors
• Champion of the Copa Libertadores 2024 (Alético Mineiro-Botafogo)

CONCACAF

• Mexico: Pachuca, Monterrey and Club León
• United States: Seattle Sounders and Inter Miami

AFC (Asia)

• Saudi Arabia: Al-Hilal
• Arab emirates: Al-Ain
• Japan: Urawa Reds
• South Korea: Ulsan

CAF (Africa)

• Egypt: Al-Ahly
• Morocco: Wydad Casablanca
• Tunisia: Espérance Sportive of Tunis
• South Africa: Mamelodi Sundowns

The venues and stadiums for the 2025 Club World Cup

The venues chosen by FIFA are Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, Orlando, Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Washington DC, Philadelphia and New Jersey, and the twelve stadiums selected are:

• Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
• Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
• Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
• Camping World Stadium, Orlando Florida
• Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Florida
• Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
• Geodis Park, Nashville, Tennessee
• Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
• TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Audi Field, Washington, D.C.
• Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey