FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Full groups & teams

The competition is set to witness 32 teams fighting for the trophy.

Defending champions Manchester City will play Juventus in the FIFA Club World Cup group phase the following summer, while Chelsea will play Flamengo of Brazil.

In addition to playing Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in Group G, Pep Guardiola’s City, who defeated Brazilian team Fluminense to win the competition for the first time in 2023, will start their title defence against Wydad of Morocco.

Chelsea, the 2021 final victors, were placed in Group D with Club Leon of Mexico and Esperance Sportive de Tunisie of Tunisia.

Next year, from June 15 to July 13, the United States will host the redesigned FIFA Club World Cup, which has been extended to 32 teams.

FIFA Club World Cup 2025 draw in full

Group A: Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami

Group B: Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders

Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica

Group D: Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, Chelsea, Club Leon

Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan

Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns

Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus

Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg

Toughest group? 💭🏆 #FIFACWC

— FIFA Club World Cup (@FIFACWC) December 6, 2024

Inter Miami’s controversial spot

A new Club World Cup trophy was unveiled following a convoluted and drawn-out draw ceremony that took place over 90 minutes at two different venues in Miami.

Additionally, the first team was drawn by a video greeting from Donald Trump, the future US president, whose daughter Ivanka was included.

The first game, which will be played in Miami, will pit Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami against Al Ahly of Egypt at Hard Rock Stadium.

In other news, Bayern Munich will play Benfica in another all-European group-stage match, while Paris St-Germain and Atletico Madrid were placed in Group B.

The top two teams advance to the knockout stage after each team plays the other once during the group phase. The event, which will feature 63 matches spread over 29 days next summer, will be exclusively televised by streaming service DAZN.

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