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2025 FIFA Club World Cup Draw Details Revealed
FIFA have now confirmed the details for the draw ahead of the 2025 Club World Cup hosted by the United States.
Next summer’s club tournament Stateside will be the first edition of a brand new 32-team tournament launched by FIFA to reinvent and re-inspire the smaller-scale tournament previous marketed as the Club World Cup.
Crucially, the new and expanded competition will still offer clubs from across the globe the chance to face off in a competitive format, but this time on a much broader scale and as more of a showpiece event.
The previous format of the FIFA Club World Cup saw the seven continental champions face each other in a short knockout tournament, predominantly won by the UEFA Champions League winners and last won by Manchester City in 2023.
And as preparations for the highly-anticipated 2025 Club World Cup continue, FIFA have now confirmed the various details for the draw ahead of the competition, which is scheduled to take place next month.
As per confirmation from FIFA this week, clubs partaking in next summer’s tournament will discover their group stage opponents on Thursday 5 December 2024, with the draw due to take place in Miami in the United States.
FIFA have confirmed that the draw will be conducted as a live studio event, and is scheduled to begin at 13:00 local time (19:00 CET), broadcast around the globe via FIFA.com, FIFA+ and supporting channels.
It is further clarified that at the time of the draw, all 32 clubs for the FIFA Club World Cup will be known, with the all-Brazilian CONMEBOL Libertadores final between Clube Atlético Mineiro and Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in Buenos Aires scheduled for 30 November 2024.
FIFA have also recently revealed the 12 stadiums for the tournament, with the final of the competition to be held at the MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey on Sunday, 13 July 2025.
That venue will be joined by the following iconic arenas:
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
TQL Stadium (Cincinnati)
Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles)
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami)
GEODIS Park (Nashville)
Camping World Stadium (Orlando)
Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
Lumen Field (Seattle)
Audi Field (Washington, D.C.).
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