Fifa Club World Cup 2025

[CarefreeMuratcan]

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/chelsea-set-for-fifa-club-world-cup-2025

"Chelsea set for FIFA Club World Cup 2025

Following a FIFA Council meeting today in which several key decisions were made on the future of global men’s and women’s competitions, a new format was confirmed for the FIFA Club World Cup.

The tournament, which Chelsea won in its current format last season, will from June 2025 be played every four years and will be for 32 teams.

Europe has 12 of those places, with four of them for Champions League winners in each of the four years leading up to 2025, which includes Chelsea as the 2021 winners.

Additional teams will be determined by a club ranking based on the same four-year period."

Well this is excellent. Initial rumours suggested the qualification criteria was going to be 2022-2025 CL winners, which meant we would have to rely on our European ranking to qualify, which is good enough right now but might not be good enough in a few years time.

I personally love the idea of a proper Club World Cup, played in the Summer, every 4 years, just like the International World Cup and Euros.

It will add prestige and make the Club World Cup something that will rank alongside the CL in my opinion.

 

[CarefreeMuratcan]

I have read further into it, and it will be very difficult to qualify by the ranking path:

"There will be a cap of two clubs per country with the exception being if more than two teams from the same country win their confederation's premier tournament over the qualification period."

From BBC Article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64952428

[flllerywhereru2]

isnt this just the super league in another jacket (with Fifa written on it....)

[chara]

1 hour ago, flllerywhereru2 said:

isnt this just the super league in another jacket (with Fifa written on it....)

Yep...plus $$$$$$$$ for ?

[Sciatika]

Keep adding competitions and everyone is going to need a squad as big as ours.

[chara]

Not really thought it through but first impressions are that ADDED to the present overload of "competitions" the viewing/watching options become more diluted.

When in the UK (I include Scotland) the League and FA cup were the only focus the interest was absolute regardless of tribalism and of course the early European Cup was an elite competition..hard to qualify for and brought great names and clubs into the "ordinary" fan's awareness.

The expansion of competitions, both International and Club, has gone beyond expanding horizons and has now become a puzzling absolute jigsaw of competitions...am I the only one..OG and all that...who has to check to see what the schedule at any time actually refers to?....Top Champions League whilst to my mind still THE Club competition to win in Europe has been "filled out" for the sake of ..gulp..money but  is easy enough to follow but after that we get various "Euro" International competitions and a myriad of Club competitions approaching almost the situation with regional divisions over here where nearly every club gets to the "play offs".

In all honesty any additional four year Super League imposter set up would be of interest to ?....tribalism means we as Chelsea fans (and every fan of any club)would be looking to see our individual "disliked" clubs fail rather than supporting EPL clubs because they are EPL.

As I said just initial not reasoned through thoughts but make any sense?....not to forget the increased pressure on the fitness of the players with even more games on the plate of the top players who are involved in all the competitions.

[boratsbrother]

I'm in favour of this format which will now make it a proper tournament well worth winning and might one day even surpass the CL in terms of prestige.

However, there's already far too much football for the top players, so something has to give and here's a few way to help fixture congestion.

Scrap qualification for major championships for the major countries in Europe and  scrap the pointless Nations League.  League Cup  only for teams outside of European football but give the winners a place in the Europa League for the following season. Reduce the size of the CL with only two teams from each country with one of the places going to the winners of the FA Cup. That would give the FA Cup a big boost in importance and with a  lot more of the big clubs being involved in the Euro League from the start, that too would gain in prestige.

Edited March 16, 2023 by boratsbrother

[chara]

7 minutes ago, boratsbrother said:

I'm in favour of this format which will now make it a proper tournament well worth winning and might one day even surpass the CL in terms of prestige.

However, there's already far too much football for the top players, so something has to give and here's a few way to help fixture congestion.

Scrap qualification for major championships for the major countries in Europe and  scrap the pointless Nations League.  League Cup  only for teams outside of European football but give the winners a place in the Europa League for the following season. Reduce the size of the CL with only two teams from each country with one of the places going to the winners of the FA Cup. That would give the FA Cup a big boost in importance and with a  lot more of the big clubs being involved in the Euro League from the start, that too would gain in prestige.

Excellent post bb and boils down my post to sensible solutions...far too sensible for the "Rulers" but would make everything more relevant for the fans..as if we matter anyway.

I underemphasised the over playing of the players but that is a huge factor...how many times have we read viewpoints that say.."player x needs a break/rest etc"?

Watching any top playing slogging his way towards the tail end of the season does not enhance the game.

[CarefreeMuratcan]

Poch was questioned about this in the press conference before the Newcastle Quarter Final win, as it's come up in the news again now FIFA have confirmed the dates. He replied "is that definitely happening?" and then "I'll have to check my contract" haha. 

15th June-13th July 2025. 

 

[Mark Kelly]

Once all those signings reach puberty we'll piss this. 

[CarefreeMuratcan]

Draw happening now: I 

 

[McCreadie]

What idiot put PSG in pot 1? On the basis of what?

[Sciatika]

We will be in Group D with Flamengo, ES Tunis, Club Leon, with our opening game against Club Leon.

Edited Thursday at 19:28 by Sciatika

[McCreadie]

Half watched the draw while doing something else.

Nice of them to add the cheesy canned applause and cheering for Gianni Infantino, just in case the was booed in the auditorium...

 

[Ham]

We're winning this too. 

[exiledblue]

All kind of irrelevant as its only on DAZN here and its an unreliable service so I wont pay the fortune they want for it, FIFA/UEFA/DAZN robbery

[Ham]

7 minutes ago, exiledblue said:

All kind of irrelevant as its only on DAZN here and its an unreliable service so I wont pay the fortune they want for it, FIFA/UEFA/DAZN robbery

There is a cheaper alternative ☠️

[My Blood Is Blue]

Fifa Club World Cup 2025 draw in full

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

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd75ny1j55xo

[Floyd25]

2 hours ago, exiledblue said:

All kind of irrelevant as its only on DAZN here and its an unreliable service so I wont pay the fortune they want for it, FIFA/UEFA/DAZN robbery

Isn’t it going to be free on DAZN? 

Edited Thursday at 23:49 by Floyd25

[McCreadie]

9 hours ago, Floyd25 said:

Isn’t it going to be free on DAZN? 

That’s what Infantino said yesterday 

[My Blood Is Blue]

I look forward to Inter Miami getting all the decisions going for them, as FIFA desperately try and get Messi to the final!

[exiledblue]

12 hours ago, Floyd25 said:

Isn’t it going to be free on DAZN? 

Waiting to see but would that mean we still need a dazn contract as they dont have free content here in Italy as far as I know?

Edited Friday at 11:50 by exiledblue

[exiledblue]

2 hours ago, My Blood Is Blue said:

I look forward to Inter Miami getting all the decisions going for them, as FIFA desperately try and get Messi to the final!

Ballon d'or for messi 2025

 

[Sciatika]

Sam set up a topic for this here:

 

Edited Friday at 12:23 by Sciatika

[Proud-Blue]

I imagine Flamengo will pose a challenge, but surely we should top that group?

A lot of potential prize money in this competition, which makes me think it'll be a big priority for the ownership.