What is the format of FIFA Club World Cup 2025?

The tournament will adopt a new 32-team format and will take place every four years, with host countries to be announced. The FIFA Council has unanimously approved the key principles of the new 32-team FIFA Club World Cup™, which will be played every four years as of June 2025.

How will the 2025 Club World Cup work?

The tournament, which Chelsea won in its current format last season, will from June 2025 be played every four years and will be for 32 teams. Europe has 12 of those places, with four of them for Champions League winners in each of the four years leading up to 2025, which includes Chelsea as the 2021 winners.

What is the future format of FIFA Club World Cup?

The format guarantees every World Cup team will play a minimum of three times instead of two, adding up to a stacked group stage totaling 72 games before arriving at the knockout rounds. The four semifinalists will play eight matches, one more than last year in Qatar.

What is the current format of Club World Cup?

The FIFA Club World Cup features seven of the best men's football sides in the world. To gain qualification to the Championships, six teams must win their respective region's continent-wide Champions League - whilst the final spot is awarded to the champion of the tournament's host country.

How will the new Club World Cup work?

Ahead of its congress in Kigali, Rwanda, FIFA announced on Tuesday that the 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches instead of the current 64 games due to the expanded format with 48 teams taking part. The governing body also greenlit an enlarged Club World Cup which will be played every four years from June 2025.

FIFA Club World Cup Expansion

What's the difference between FIFA Club World Cup and World Cup?

What is the Club World Cup? The FIFA Club World Cup is similar to the more popular World Cup, but it features club soccer teams instead of national teams in the tournament. The winning clubs from each confederation's premier competitions qualify for the yearly tournament to crown the best club in the world.

What is the group stage format for the World Cup 2026?

The FIFA Council also unanimously made the decision to approve the proposed amendment to the FIFA World Cup 2026 group stage format from 16 groups of three, to 12 groups of four. The top two teams from each group and the eight best third-place teams from the groups will now progress to the round of 32.

How does FIFA World Cup format work?

It begins with the round of 16 (or the second round) in which the winner of each group plays against the runner-up of another group. This is followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final.

How will the World Cup 2026 format work?

2026 World Cup will have record 104 matches with 12 groups of 4 teams - FIFA. The 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches instead of the traditional 64 games due to the expanded format with 48 teams taking part, global soccer governing body FIFA said on Tuesday ahead of its Congress in Kigali, Rwanda.

Who will host 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?

Saudi Arabia unanimously chosen to host December's FIFA Club World Cup, new 32-team format to start in 2025 - Eurosport.

How will 32 team Club World Cup work?

As reported by The Times, the idea is for European clubs to take 12 of the 32 places on offer, with eight decided by UEFA's coefficient and the other four going to the Champions League winners from 2022 to 2025.

What happens if you win the Club World Cup?

The winner of the Club World Cup receives the FIFA Club World Cup trophy and a FIFA World Champions certificate.

How do you qualify for the 2025 Club World Cup?

CONMEBOL and UEFA (more than four slots): access for the winners of the confederation's top club competition between 2021 and 2024, with additional teams to be determined by a club ranking of the four-year period.

Will Chelsea be guaranteed a place in the Club World Cup in 2025?

The Blues and Real Madrid will be guaranteed a spot in the 2025 edition as winners of the 2021 and 2022 Champions League respectively. Chelsea were 1-0 winners over Manchester City in 2021 before going on to claim the Club World Cup the following year, beating Brazilian side Palmeiras.

Who will host the 2030 World Cup?

Morocco joins Spanish and Portuguese bid to host 2030 FIFA world cup | Africanews.

Where will the final of the 2026 World Cup be?

The 2026 World Cup will take place in three North American countries: the United States, Mexico, and Canada. This will be the first time that the tournament is hosted by three different nations and it will be the very first time that the event will be contested in Canada.

How many Concacaf teams qualify for World Cup 2026?

So, 35 teams from the confederation can take part in World Cup qualifiers. For the 2026 World Cup, though, 32 teams will fight for World Cup qualification as Canada, Mexico and the United States have already got their spots automatically confirmed as the tournament hosts.

Why are FIFA changing World Cup format?

A desire to increase the number of participants in the tournament from the previous 32 team format was announced on October 4, 2016. Four expansion options were considered: Expand to 40 teams (eight groups of five teams) – 88 matches. Expand to 40 teams (ten groups of four teams) – 76 matches.

How many teams are in the FIFA World Cup?

Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. In July 2022, FIFA announced the hotels and training sites for each participating team.

What was the old format in World Cup?

The 13 teams were divided into four first-round groups (or "pools" as they were then called) of four teams, with the winner of each group advancing to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the cup winner.

How many matches are there in the World Cup 2026?

More teams means more games, and FIFA says there will be 104 matches played at the 2026 competition. This is a massive increase not only from the 64 matches played in Qatar in 2022, but also from the 80 games originally confirmed for the upcoming tournament.

What is the format for the World Cup 2026 with 48 teams?

In 2026, 48 teams take part in the World Cup -- 45 qualifying nations plus the three host countries. It's been confirmed that, as hosts, United States, Mexico and Canada won't have to go through the North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) qualifying competition.

Does Club World Cup count for Dream Team?

All club based fixtures are included in the Dream Team Season game. This includes everything from the EFL cup to the FA cup. And also European games such as the Champions League and the Europa League.

What teams will play in the Club World Cup?

Is FIFA Club World Cup bigger than Champions League?

As reported by The Daily Telegraph, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has previously said, “[The Champions League] is even bigger than the World Cup because the teams in it are at a higher level than the national teams, who can't buy the best players.”