There’s another world cup before the World Cup coming to the United States this summer. Cities across the country are set to host games for the 2025 Club World Cup beginning in June, and this year’s event is being billed by organizers as a first-of-its-kind international competition.
Tickets went on sale Tuesday around the globe for the 63 matches that will decide the winner, which will be determined through an expanded field of 32 club teams representing 20 different countries. Some of the sport’s biggest stars and tradition-rich clubs are slated to participate, including Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and Lionel Messi and Inter Miami.
The tournament format now resembles what will be used in 2026 when the World Cup returns stateside for the first time in 30 years. Club teams have been placed into eight groups of four and will play three round-robin games, with the top two teams in each group then advancing to the knockout stage featuring the round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals. The bracket concludes with the Club World Cup finals at MetLife Stadium outside New York on July 13.
Past champions include Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. Previous iterations of the event were single elimination, included only seven teams (six confederation champions and host nation’s league champion) and featured byes for certain teams. The Club World Cup is now scheduled to be contested every four years ahead of the World Cup, replacing the slot on the soccer calendar once occupied by the Confederations Cup tournament.
“Fans should become part of this tournament, because after well over a century of club football, or club soccer, we are set for the first, the first, truly global and merit-based FIFA Club World Cup, and those who buy a ticket, well they will be part of football history, part of soccer history, if you want,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino in a video released in conjunction with tickets being made available to the public. “It’s true that the most successful clubs in the world have already played matches in the United States. However, this will be the very first time that the world’s very best clubs contest for real silverware on US soil in a true tournament format – and it’s not clubs competing for just any silverware, but rather the most coveted trophy in club football.”
The new 2025 group stage and bracket has 12 clubs from Europe, six from South America, four from Asia, four from Africa, four from North America, four from Central America and the Caribbean, one from Oceania and two from the United States. The Seattle Sounders and Inter Miami of Major League Soccer each qualified for this year’s tournament.
FIFA has reserved a set number of tickets to each 2025 Club World Cup game all the way through the final for the participating teams’ supporters, with prices as low as $36. General public ticket prices are as low as $50 before taxes. Tickets can be purchased at FIFA.com/tickets.
Here’s more information on the 2025 Club World Cup, including the groups of round-robin play and a complete event schedule:
When is the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Group Stage: June 14-June 26
Round of 16: June 28-July 1
Quarterfinals: July 4-5
Semifinals: July 8-9
Finals: July 13
What teams are in FIFA Club World Cup
There are 32 teams in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup that have been separated into eight groups of four for the round-robin group stage in June. Here’s how the field breaks down
Group A
Al Ahly FC (Egypt)
FC Porto (Portugal)
SE Palmeiras (Brazil)
Inter Miami (United States)
Group B
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Atlético de Madrid (Spain)
Botafogo (Brazil)
Seattle Sounders FC (United States)
Group C
FC Bayern München (Germany)
Auckland City FC (New Zealand)
CA Boca Juniors (Argentina)
SL Benfica (Portugal)
Group D
Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
CR Flamengo (Brazil)
Chelsea FC (England)
Club León (Mexico)
Group E
CA River Plate (Argentina)
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
CF Monterrey (Mexico)
Inter Milan (Italy)
Group F
Fluminense FC (Brazil)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Ulsan HD (South Korea)
Mamelodi Sundowns FC (South Africa)
Group G
Manchester City (England)
Wydad AC (Morocco)
Al Ain FC (United Arab Emirates)
Juventus FC (Italy)
Group H
Real Madrid (Spain)
Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
CF Pachuca (Mexico)
FC Salzburg (Austria)
Club World Cup match schedule
GROUP STAGE
Saturday, June 14
Group A: Al Ahly vs. Inter Miami, 8 p.m. ET (Miami)
Sunday, June 15
Group C: Bayern Munich vs. Auckland City, 12 p.m. ET (Cincinnati)
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Atlético Madrid, 3 p.m. ET (Pasadena)
Group A: Palmeiras vs. Porto, 6 p.m. ET (East Rutherford)
Group B: Botafogo vs. Seattle Sounders, 10 p.m. ET (Seattle)
Monday, June 16
Group C: Chelsea vs. León, 3 p.m. ET (Atlanta)
Group D: Boca Juniors vs. Benfica, 6 p.m. ET (Miami)
Group C: Flamengo vs. Espérance de Tunis, 9 p.m. ET (Philadelphia)
Tuesday, June 17
Group F: Fluminense vs. Borussia Dortmund, 12 p.m. ET (East Rutherford)
Group E: River Plate vs. Urawa Red Diamonds, 3 p.m. ET (Seattle)
Group F: Ulsan HD vs. Mamelodi Sundowns, 6 p.m. ET (Orlando)
Group E: Monterrey vs. Inter Milan, 9 p.m. ET (Pasadena)
Wednesday, June 18
Group G: Manchester City vs. Wydad AC, 12 p.m. ET (Philadelphia)
Group H: Real Madrid vs. Al Hilal, 3 p.m. ET (Miami)
Group H: Pachuca vs. FC Salzburg, 6 p.m. ET (Cincinnati)
Group G: Al Ain vs. Juventus, 9 p.m. (Washington)
Thursday, June 19
Group A: Palmeiras vs. Al Ahly, 12 p.m. ET, (East Rutherford)
Group A: Inter Miami vs. Porto, 3 p.m. ET, (Atlanta)
Group B: Seattle Sounders vs. Atlético Madrid, 6 p.m. ET (Seattle)
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Botafogo, 9 p.m. ET (Pasadena)
Friday, June 20
Group C: Benfica vs. Auckland City, 12 p.m. ET (Orlando)
Group D: Flamengo vs. Chelsea, 2 p.m. ET (Philadelphia)
Group D: León vs. Espérance de Tunis, 6 p.m. ET (Nashville)
Group C: Bayern Munich vs. Boca Juniors, 9 p.m. ET (Miami)
Saturday, June 21
Group F: Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Borussia Dortmund, 12 p.m. ET (Cincinnati)
Group E: Inter Milan vs. Urawa Red Diamonds, 3 p.m. ET (Seattle)
Group F: Fluminense vs. Ulsan HD, 6 p.m. ET (East Rutherford)
Group E: River Plate vs. Monterrey, 9 p.m. ET (Pasadena)
Sunday, June 22
Group G: Juventus vs. Wydad AC, 12 p.m. ET (Philadelphia)
Group H: Real Madrid vs. Pachuca, 3 p.m. ET (Charlotte)
Group H: FC Salzburg vs. Al Hilal, 6 p.m. ET (Washington)
Group G: Manchester City vs. Al Ain, 9 p.m. ET (Atlanta)
Monday, June 23
Group B: Atlético Madrid vs. Botafogo, 3 p.m. ET (Pasadena)
Group B: Seattle Sounders vs. Paris Saint-Germain, 3 p.m. ET (Seattle)
Group A: Inter Miami vs. Palmeiras, 9 p.m. ET (Miami)
Group A: Porto vs. Al Ahly, 9 p.m. ET (East Rutherford)
Tuesday, June 24
Group C: Benfica vs. Bayern Munich, 3 p.m. ET (Charlotte)
Group C: Auckland City vs. Boca Juniors, 3 p.m. ET (Nashville)
Group D: Espérance de Tunis vs. Chelsea, 9 p.m. ET (Philadelphia)
Group D: León vs. Flamengo, 9 p.m. ET (Orlando)
Wednesday, June 25
Group F: Borussia Dortmund vs. Ulsan HD, 3 p.m. ET (Cincinnati)
Group F: Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Fluminense, 3 p.m. ET (Miami)
Group E: Inter Milan vs. River Plate, 9 p.m. ET (Seattle)
Group E: Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Monterrey, 9 p.m. ET (Pasadena)
Thursday, June 26
Group G: Wydad AC vs. Al Ain, 3 p.m. ET (Washington)
Group G: Juventus vs. Manchester City, 3 p.m. ET (Orlando)
Group H: Al Hilal vs. Pachuca, 9 p.m. ET (Nashville)
Group H: FC Salzburg vs. Real Madrid, 9 p.m. ET (Philadelphia)
FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16
Saturday, June 28
Match 49: Winners of Group A vs. Group B runner-up (Philadelphia)
Match 50: Winners of Group C vs. Group D runner-up (Charlotte)
Sunday, June 29
Match 51: Winners of Group B vs. Group A runner-up (Atlanta)
Match 52: Winners of Group D vs. Group C runner-up (Miami)
Monday, June 30
Match 53: Winners of Group E vs. Group F runner-up (Charlotte)
Match 54: Winners of Group G vs. Group H runner-up (Orlando)
Tuesday, July 1
Match 55: Winners of Group F vs. Group E runner-up (Atlanta)
Match 56: Winners of Group H vs. Group G runner-up (Miami)
FIFA Club World Cup Quarterfinals
Friday, July 4
Match 57: Winners of Match 49 vs. Winners of Match 50 (Philadelphia)
Match 58: Winners of Match 53 vs. Winners of Match 54 (Orlando)
Saturday, July 5
Match 59: Winners of Match 51 vs. Winners of Match 52 (Atlanta)
Match 60: Winners of Match 55 vs. Winners of Match 56 (East Rutherford)
FIFA Club World Cup Semifinals
Tuesday, July 8
Match 61: Winners of Match 57 vs. Winners of Match 58 (East Rutherford)
Wednesday, July 9
Match 62: Winners of Match 59 vs. Winners of Match 60 (East Rutherford)
FIFA Club World Cup Final
Sunday, July 13
Match 63: Winners of Match 61 vs. Winners of Match 62 (East Rutherford)