# The FIFA Club World Cup (Expanded 2025) · Football Level 10: Professional

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The FIFA Club World Cup (Expanded 2025) in Football (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 100 sourced facts behind 10 tests. Covers: how clubs qualifi.

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.

## Test 1: How clubs qualified for 2025

- Other places went to clubs ranked highest over the same four seasons. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 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)
- The Supporters' Shield goes to the best regular-season record in MLS. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- FIFA's rules barred two clubs under the same control. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- LAFC beat Club América 2-1 in the one-off play-off. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Wellington Phoenix play in Australia's A-League, outside Oceania's competitions. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester City were among the four-year champions. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 12, 6, 4 and 1; CAF and Concacaf also had four each. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The play-off took place days before the tournament began. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 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)

## Test 2: Hosts, venues and dates

- They were spread across eleven cities in the United States. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The month-long tournament followed the end of the European season. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The same stadium is the venue for the 2026 World Cup final. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The rights deal was reported at about one billion dollars. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The match in Miami ended goalless. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- He stayed on the stage as the winners lifted the trophy. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Real Madrid used it to bring in Trent Alexander-Arnold early. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 10 June, 14 June, 28 June and 13 July. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Miami opened the tournament and New Jersey closed it. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens hosted Inter Miami against Al Ahly. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)

## Test 3: The group stage

- Igor Jesus scored the winner against the new European champions. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Chelsea still reached the knockout rounds as group runners-up. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Inter Miami came from behind to win in Atlanta. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Musiala came off the bench and still scored three. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- It was the amateur side's only point of the tournament. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Alonso had taken over from Carlo Ancelotti weeks earlier. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Pachuca and Salzburg were the other clubs in the group. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 14, 15 and 19 June 2025. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Two clubs from each group of four went through. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 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)

## Test 4: The round of 16

- Chelsea went on to win 4-1 after extra time. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Inter had been Champions League finalists weeks earlier. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The match went to extra time in Orlando. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- All four goals came in the first half. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Paulinho scored the winner. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Harry Kane scored twice in Miami. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The young striker had come through Real's academy. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 28 June, 30 June and 1 July 2025. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- One goal, two goals and four goals. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The Saudi club won 4-3 after extra time. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)

## Test 5: Quarter-finals and semi-finals

- 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)
- Both goals came in the last half hour. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Fluminense had knocked out Inter in the round before. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Mbappé scored an overhead kick late in the match. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- He had joined Chelsea from Brighton during the tournament. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- The Brazilian teenager joined Chelsea after the tournament. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- Fluminense were the only club from outside Europe. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- 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)
- Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)
- PSG scored three times in the first 24 minutes. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 regulations, match reports and official results)

## Test 6: The final

- Palmer was also named player of the tournament. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Palmer's through ball set him up just before half-time. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- PSG had scored four against Real Madrid in the semi-final. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Attendances earlier in the tournament had varied widely. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- The red card came late in the second half. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 24 May, 31 May and 13 July 2025. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Chelsea scored all three before the break, and PSG never recovered. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)

## Test 7: The Club World Cup before 2025

- They beat Vasco on penalties in the final at the Maracanã. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Barcelona won three; Corinthians and Bayern two each. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- The Congolese club lost the final to Inter. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- They lost the final to Bayern Munich. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick settled it 4-2. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Internacional beat Barcelona in the final a year later. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- The final was played in Rabat in February 2023. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 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)
- It also hosted the 2017, 2018 and 2021 editions. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)

## Test 8: The money

- The larger format and a new broadcast deal funded it. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 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)
- Participation fees and prizes for each win added up. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Semi-final tickets fell sharply in the days before the match. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 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)
- 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)
- Matches with big clubs and large local communities drew far better. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- About $13 million, over $100 million and $1 billion. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- The broadcast deal was the main source of the prize money. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- It was the largest prize fund for any club competition. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)

## Test 9: Contracts, rest and the calendar

- Short extensions let clubs keep players for the whole tournament. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- He joined Milan after the tournament. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 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)
- 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)
- His Liverpool contract ran until 30 June, after the special window. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Clubs that went far in the tournament had the shortest breaks. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- The unions had long asked for a guaranteed break between seasons. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 28 May, 13 July and 17 August 2025. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 8 June, 6 July, 13 July and 27 July 2025. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- He had led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)

## Test 10: Legacy and debates

- 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)
- FIFA plans the tournament every four years. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Four Brazilian clubs reached the knockouts, and Fluminense the semi-finals. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Real Madrid won the first edition in December 2024. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Real won 3-0 in the final. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- They argued FIFA had expanded its own events without agreement. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- Three of the four semi-finalists and the winners were European. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 2000, 2025 and 2029. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)
- 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)
- Real Madrid won the match at the Lusail Stadium near Doha. (Source: FIFA Club World Cup records and official results; FIFA announcements; contemporary reporting)

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

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