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Football · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.109

The FIFA Club World Cup (Expanded 2025)

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

The first 32-club Club World Cup in the United States: how clubs qualified, the venues, the groups and knockouts, Chelsea's final, the awards, the money, the transfer window and the debates it left behind.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1How clubs qualified for 2025Take a test

  1. Other places went to clubs ranked highest over the same four seasons.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  2. More were possible only if a country had more than two continental champions.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  3. The Supporters' Shield goes to the best regular-season record in MLS.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  4. FIFA's rules barred two clubs under the same control.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  5. LAFC beat Club América 2-1 in the one-off play-off.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  6. Wellington Phoenix play in Australia's A-League, outside Oceania's competitions.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  7. Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester City were among the four-year champions.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · applied

  8. 12, 6, 4 and 1; CAF and Concacaf also had four each.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  9. The play-off took place days before the tournament began.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · applied

  10. The 32 places were 12 for UEFA, 6 for CONMEBOL, 4 each for AFC, CAF and Concacaf, 1 for OFC and 1 for the host.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

Test 2Hosts, venues and datesTake a test

  1. They were spread across eleven cities in the United States.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  2. The month-long tournament followed the end of the European season.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  3. The same stadium is the venue for the 2026 World Cup final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  4. The rights deal was reported at about one billion dollars.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  5. The match in Miami ended goalless.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  6. He stayed on the stage as the winners lifted the trophy.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  7. Real Madrid used it to bring in Trent Alexander-Arnold early.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  8. 10 June, 14 June, 28 June and 13 July.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  9. Miami opened the tournament and New Jersey closed it.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  10. Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens hosted Inter Miami against Al Ahly.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

Test 3The group stageTake a test

  1. Igor Jesus scored the winner against the new European champions.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  2. Chelsea still reached the knockout rounds as group runners-up.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  3. Inter Miami came from behind to win in Atlanta.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  4. Musiala came off the bench and still scored three.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  5. It was the amateur side's only point of the tournament.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  6. Alonso had taken over from Carlo Ancelotti weeks earlier.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  7. Pachuca and Salzburg were the other clubs in the group.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  8. 14, 15 and 19 June 2025.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  9. Two clubs from each group of four went through.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  10. It was one of the biggest wins in the history of FIFA club tournaments.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

Test 4The round of 16Take a test

  1. Chelsea went on to win 4-1 after extra time.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  2. Inter had been Champions League finalists weeks earlier.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  3. The match went to extra time in Orlando.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  4. All four goals came in the first half.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  5. Paulinho scored the winner.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  6. Harry Kane scored twice in Miami.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  7. The young striker had come through Real's academy.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  8. 28 June, 30 June and 1 July 2025.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  9. One goal, two goals and four goals.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  10. The Saudi club won 4-3 after extra time.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

Test 5Quarter-finals and semi-finalsTake a test

  1. Musiala was hurt in a collision with Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Donnarumma, and PSG went on to win the quarter-final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  2. Both goals came in the last half hour.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  3. Fluminense had knocked out Inter in the round before.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  4. Mbappé scored an overhead kick late in the match.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  5. He had joined Chelsea from Brighton during the tournament.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  6. The Brazilian teenager joined Chelsea after the tournament.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  7. Fluminense were the only club from outside Europe.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  8. 4, 4, 5 and 5 July 2025; the evening games came second each day.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  9. Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

  10. PSG scored three times in the first 24 minutes.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results · recall

Test 6The finalTake a test

  1. Palmer was also named player of the tournament.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  2. Palmer's through ball set him up just before half-time.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  3. PSG had scored four against Real Madrid in the semi-final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  4. He was dismissed after a VAR review for pulling Marc Cucurella's hair.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  5. It was his second trophy of the summer after the Conference League.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  6. The PSG coach later said he had been trying to separate players.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  7. Attendances earlier in the tournament had varied widely.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  8. The red card came late in the second half.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  9. 24 May, 31 May and 13 July 2025.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  10. Chelsea scored all three before the break, and PSG never recovered.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

Test 7The Club World Cup before 2025Take a test

  1. They beat Vasco on penalties in the final at the Maracanã.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  2. Barcelona won three; Corinthians and Bayern two each.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  3. The Congolese club lost the final to Inter.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  4. They lost the final to Bayern Munich.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  5. Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick settled it 4-2.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  6. Internacional beat Barcelona in the final a year later.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  7. The final was played in Rabat in February 2023.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  8. 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  9. The one-off 2000 event, the annual format from 2005 and the new format from 2025.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  10. It also hosted the 2017, 2018 and 2021 editions.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

Test 8The moneyTake a test

  1. The larger format and a new broadcast deal funded it.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  2. Fees for European clubs ranged from about 13 to 38 million dollars.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  3. Participation fees and prizes for each win added up.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  4. Semi-final tickets fell sharply in the days before the match.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  5. The payment was aimed at clubs around the world, especially smaller ones.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  6. Clubs weighed the prize money against the cost to their players' rest.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  7. Matches with big clubs and large local communities drew far better.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  8. About $13 million, over $100 million and $1 billion.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  9. The broadcast deal was the main source of the prize money.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  10. It was the largest prize fund for any club competition.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

Test 9Contracts, rest and the calendarTake a test

  1. Short extensions let clubs keep players for the whole tournament.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  2. He joined Milan after the tournament.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  3. Chelsea's new league season began about five weeks after the final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  4. US safety rules stop play when lightning strikes close to a stadium.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  5. His Liverpool contract ran until 30 June, after the special window.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  6. Clubs that went far in the tournament had the shortest breaks.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  7. The unions had long asked for a guaranteed break between seasons.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  8. 28 May, 13 July and 17 August 2025.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  9. 8 June, 6 July, 13 July and 27 July 2025.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  10. He had led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

Test 10Legacy and debatesTake a test

  1. Supporters point to the money and the drama; critics to empty seats and tired players.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  2. FIFA plans the tournament every four years.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  3. Four Brazilian clubs reached the knockouts, and Fluminense the semi-finals.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  4. Real Madrid won the first edition in December 2024.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  5. Real won 3-0 in the final.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  6. They argued FIFA had expanded its own events without agreement.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · applied

  7. Three of the four semi-finalists and the winners were European.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  8. 2000, 2025 and 2029.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  9. Group stage, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the title.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

  10. Real Madrid won the match at the Lusail Stadium near Doha.

    Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting · recall

Sources

IFAB, FIFA and UEFA regulations and reports / club and federation statements / published coaching literature / peer-reviewed studies / contemporary reporting

  • FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results50
  • FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting50