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2025 Club World Cup takes place in the United States between June 15 and July 13; competition expanded from annual tournament with seven teams to 32-team tournament every four years; Man City and Chelsea among 12 European clubs taking part; Lionel Messi's Inter Miami feature
The expanded FIFA Club World Cup takes place in 2025, with two Premier League teams - and Lionel Messi's Inter Miami - involved.
The new-look Club World Cup will feature 32 teams and will be played every four years from the summer of 2025. It is an expansion of the previous version of the tournament, which took place every year and involved just seven teams from around the world.
But how does the tournament work, which teams are involved and who will face whom?
Before its revamp for the 2025 tournament, the Club World Cup took place every year in December and was contested by the winners of continental club competitions from around the world.
For example, the winners of the Champions League would take part in the tournament every year and face off against continental counterparts from South America (CONMEBOL), Asia (AFC), Africa (CAF), North America (CONCACAF) and Oceania (OFC).
But then FIFA announced in December that the competition would be expanded to 32 club teams and would take place every four years.
To replace the annual competition, an Intercontinental Cup will be played annually and have the Champions League winner playing in the final against a team that comes through intercontinental play-offs.
The next Club World Cup will take place over 29 days in the summer of 2025.
The tournament starts on June 15, with the final taking place on July 13.
The 2025 Club World Cup takes place in the United States across 12 stadiums:
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
TQL Stadium (Cincinnati)
Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles)
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami)
GEODIS Park (Nashville)
Camping World Stadium (Orlando)
Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
Lumen Field (Seattle)
Audi Field (Washington, D.C.)
Europe has 12 clubs in the 32-team tournament and the spaces are allocated based on performances in the Champions League over four seasons from 2020/21 up to and including this season.
For the 2025 competition, the winners of the Champions League over the last three seasons - Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester City - will be joined by the best-performing sides in the tournament in the same period, with Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan qualifying through the ranking route.
The Asian Football Confederation, African Federation and the North American Federation get four teams each based on the winners and best-performing teams in their respective Champions League competitions, while the South American federation will get six teams who perform best in the Copa Libertadores.
One slot goes to one team from the Oceania Football Confederation - the best performing team in the OFC Champions League over the last four years, with the final slot going to an additional team from the host nation. Lionel Messi's Inter Miami have taken that spot after winning the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield.
Messi has won the Club World Cup on three occasions - 2009, 2011, 2015 - but while he is set to join the likes of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe in the States, Cristiano Ronaldo will miss out as it stands, with Al Hilal the only Saudi Arabian side to qualify.
Los Angeles FC secured late entry to the tournament after beating Mexico's Club America in a play-off on June 1 to decide who would replace Club Leon after they were removed for breaking multi-club ownership rules.
The winners of the Club World Cup will receive up to £97m ($125m) from FIFA.
Prize money of £774m ($1bn) is to be shared between the 32 clubs - with a £406m ($525m) participation fee shared based on sporting and commercial criteria, and £368m ($475m) shared based on sporting performance.
FIFA are not keeping any revenue and it expects to share another £200m ($250m) with clubs across the world as solidarity payments.
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