FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Draw: Man City meet Juventus, Real Madrid face Al Hilal

A new FIFA Club World Cup format launches next summer, with Man City and Chelsea, plus and Lionel Messi's Inter Miami - set to learn their fate.

Draw result:

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

B group: PSG, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders

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

D group: Flamengo, ES Tunis, Chelsea, Club Leon

E group: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, CF Monterrey, Inter Milan

F group: Fluminense, Dortmund, Ulsan HD, Mamelodi Sundown

G group: Manchester City, Wydad AC, Al Ain, Juventus

H group: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, FC Salzburg

Draw rules

Several constraints will be implemented throughout the draw, including the general principle that no group can feature more than one team from the same confederation. This applies to all confederations except UEFA (Europe), which will be represented by 12 clubs at the tournament. Therefore, four of the eight groups will feature two European clubs.

A paired seeding principle based on the confederation rankings will be applied to the teams of pot 1 when allocating their respective groups.

Other constraints will dictate that clubs from the same member association cannot be grouped together and all clubs from pot 1 will be allocated to the first position of the group into which they are drawn. Additionally, for scheduling purposes, both clubs from the USA – Inter Miami CF and Seattle Sounders FC – will be automatically allocated to fourth position in groups A and B respectively. Inter Miami CF will play in the opening match of the tournament at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, while the Sounders will open their campaign at Lumen Field, Seattle, soon afterwards.

Teams qualified

Africa

Al Ahly (Egypt), Wydad (Morocco), ES Tunis (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa).

Asia

Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Al Ain (United Arab Emirates), Ulsan HD FC (South Korea)

Europe

Chelsea (England), Real Madrid (Spain), Manchester City (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Inter (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Benfica (Portugal), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Juventus (Italy), Atletico Madrid (Spain), FC Salzburg (Austria).

North and Central America, Caribbean

Monterrey (Mexico), Seattle Sounders (USA), Club Leon (Mexico), Pachuca (Mexico).

Oceania

Auckland City (New Zealand)

South America

Palmeiras (Brazil), Flamengo (Brazil), Fluminense (Brazil), Botafogo (Brazil), River Plate (Argentina), Boca Juniors (Argentina).

Host country

Inter Miami (USA)

When is the 2025 Club World Cup?

The 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.

Where is the 2025 Club World Cup?

The 2025 Club World Cup takes place in the United States across 12 stadiums:

What's the format of the Club World Cup?

The tournament format works exactly the same as the FIFA World Cup, only for clubs.

The 32 teams have been divided into eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams in each group qualifying for the knockout stage.

The last-16 stage - the first single knockout round - then moves to the quarter-final, semi-final and then final. There is no third-place play-off between the two losing semi-final teams.