The Club World Cup is beginning to take shape. The new format of the tournament, which will take place between June 15 and July 13, 2025, will be held in the United States, the country that will also be in charge of organizing the 2026 World Cup. Meanwhile, FIFA announced last Saturday, September 28, the list of stadiums that will host the new edition of the championship.
Up to ten cities will host some matches of the competition, the most notable being MetLife Stadium and Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami and Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Meanwhile, Lumen Field in Seattle, Camping World Stadium and Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Audi Field in Washington DC, GEODIS Park in Nashville and Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia complete the list of twelve venues.
Barça will not be part of the first edition
The new Club World Cup will be contested by 32 teams, with Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid being the two Spanish representatives. 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 the Merengues (2nd) and Colchoneros (10th) were placed above the Culés (12th) in the rankings.
Thus, and with important absences such as Liverpool and the Blaugrana team, the 10 remaining European places have been obtained by Manchester City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter, Juventus, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund and Salzburg.