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All you need to know about 2025 Club World Cup with Messi and Mbappe featuring

talksport.com, 18 March 2025, 14:50
A brand-new competition will be taking place this summer, with some of the world's biggest clubs eyeing glory in the USA.

FIFA have revamped their usually annual tournament, expanding it to 32 teams and making it an occasion scheduled for every four years instead.

It means teams from continents all over the world will now compete in a longer format and look to become the first-ever champions of the new event.

Lionel Messi will be involved with Inter Miami while Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane will feature too, along with Manchester City, Chelsea, PSG and others.

A huge amount of prize money will be on the line, with the winner set to receive in excess of $100million.

Club World Cup 2025: Start date and times

The tournament will begin on Sunday, June 15 and it will run for just under a month until the final takes place on Sunday, July 13.

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The event is being held across the United States, with games being played in 12 different cities and stadiums.

The opening fixture is scheduled to take place at 1am UK time on June 15, with three more games to follow on that day.

Kick-off times during the group stage vary on each day between 5pm UK time until 2am.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the latest news and build-up.

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Club World Cup 2025: Format

The Club World Cup will begin with a group stage composed of eight groups with four teams.

It will be played in a single-game round-robin format.

The top two teams from each group will reach the Round of 16.

And from then on, it is knockout football with the winner of each game progressing.

There will be a semi-final and final but no third-place play-off is scheduled.

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Club World Cup 2025: How to watch

FIFA have announced a partnership with DAZN for them to stream the entire tournament for FREE.

That means all 63 matches will be available to billions of football fans worldwide, making it potentially one of the most-watched sporting events of 2025.

It is currently unclear if you will have to already have a DAZN subscription to access this or if it will be available separately.

More information regarding this will follow in due course.

Club World Cup: Teams

There will be a total of 32 teams playing in the brand-new tournament.

They are split between all of the international football confederations.

Four teams from Africa, four teams from Asia and four teams from North and Central America make up 12 of the sides involved.

Another six will come from South America, one team come from Oceania and one team will also come from the host country which is the USA.

The biggest chunk of teams will come from Europe, with 12 taking part.

Here's the full list of confirmed teams and their groups for the Club World Cup...

Club World Cup: Groups

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

Club World Cup: Stadiums

The tournament will be played across 12 stadiums in the USA.

63 matches are set to be hosted at the venues with the final being played at the MetLife Stadium in New York, New Jersey.

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Here are all the host venues at the Club World Cup:

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

TDL Stadium - Cincinnati

Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte

Rose Bowl Stadium - LA

Hard Rock Stadium - Miami

GEODIS Park - Nashville

MetLife Stadium - New York

Camping World Stadium - Orlando

Inter&Co Stadium - Orlando

Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia

Lumen Field - Seattle

Audi Field - Washington D.C

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