When were the Club World Cup 2025 fixtures announced?

On December 5, 2024, the Club World Cup 2025 fixtures were announced.

How many matches will be played in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025?

A total of 63 matches will be played in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

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FIFA Club World Cup 2025 is knocking on the door, and this time, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has declared that the new format of the competition, with 32 teams, will take place in the competition from six different confederations, teams from CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, CAF, AFC, UEFA, and OFC, are divided into eight groups with four teams in each group. The expanded format of the tournament will be held in the USA, as FIFA wants to grow the viewership of football in the USA region, as FIFA has declared that the 2026 FIFA World Cup's main venue will be in the United States of America.

Club World Cup Dates and Opening Games & Key Matches

FIFA has released the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 schedule, as the first match will be held between Inter Miami and Al-Ahly on Saturday, June 14, in the Hard Rock Stadium. The FIFA Club World Cup has arrived in style, with Lionel Messi taking up Al-Ahly with his Inter Miami at the Hard Rock Stadium, where the fans synonymous with the stadium's name were left flabbergasted, witnessing the fluid football.

The group stage, which is essentially present to eliminate the runt amongst intercontinental titans, proved to be much more of a holistic experience. Some eye-catching fixtures have already been passed away, as the gigantic Bayern Munich demolished the hope of the Auckland City fans with a 10-0 win over them, and the mighty Al-Hilal successfully held the all mighty Real Madrid with a 1-1 score line, where Real Madrid was knocking the door with their new tactics under new head coach, Xabi Alonso.

However, the FIFA Club World Cup is still delivering some astonishing results, as some of the American teams are still unbeaten in this competition, and some teams are giving a neck-to-neck fight to the European giants, such as Messi's Inter Miami made a comeback, when the are trailing with 1-0 score line against FC Porto, as the legend himself took the charge and scored the winner with a beautiful free-kick, which is one of the contender of goal of the tournament. Some key matches are still knocking on the door.

Club World Cup Fixtures 2025: Group Stage & Knockout Rounds Explained

On February 14, 2023, the FIFA Council approved the seat allocation, FIFA set the criteria, and UEFA was awarded the most slots with twelve. For securing their place in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, the club should win their confederation tournaments more than two times in the four years, and the additional clubs will be decided by the club ranking over the four years.

A restriction of two clubs per association will be applied, except for champion clubs. If more than two clubs from the same association win their confederation's top competition, then both clubs will qualify for the Club World Cup. The calculation method for the four-year club rankings within each confederation will be based on their sporting criteria during seasons completed between 2021 to 2024. On March 14, the FIFA council approved the key principles of the access list for the tournament.

The new format, which will come into effect with the 2025 edition, features 32 teams competing for the ultimate glory. 12 teams have qualified from Europe, South America, Asia, North and Central America, and the Caribbean, each continent got 4 slots, and the Oceania continent got a single slot. The teams are drawn into eight groups, four teams each. Let's take a look at which teams from each continent got the slots.

The 32 teams will take part in the new format, and the teams have been divided into eight groups, each group containing four teams, and the top two teams from each group, for a total of sixteen teams, will qualify for the knockout stage. The matches of the knockout stages will be played in a single-match format, where the match will be decided in a 90-minute game. If the score line remains the same, then the match will be decided in extra time and then in a penalty shoot-out.

Pathway to Club World Cup Final

From the eight groups top two teams from each group, a total of 16 teams, will qualify for the knockout stage, and the teams that survive the knockout stages will go through to the semis, where four teams will battle with each other for securing their spot in the finals. The eight teams who win their last-16 ties will then play a quarter-final, with four semi-final berths up for grabs. The finals will be held in MetLife Stadium, New York, on July 13, 2025.

Where to watch 2025 Club World Cup

For all the football enthusiasts worldwide, they can enjoy the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 on DAZN, as the matches will be free of cost on DAZN. However, for further information, click here for the full details.

FIFA Club World Cup matches

Club World Cup Dates and Opening Games & Key Matches

Club World Cup Fixtures 2025: Group Stage & Knockout Rounds Explained

Pathway to Club World Cup Final

Where to watch 2025 Club World Cup