The draw for the FIFA Club World Cup was held in Miami, where the opening match of the competition will take place. Our Red Bulls will be in Group H with Real Madrid, who we are also facing in the UEFA Champions League, Al Hilal, featuring Neymar, and CF Pachucha, seven-time Mexican champions.
32 participants from across the world
The competition will attract the limelight from 15 June to 13 July 2025 when 32 teams from across the world meet for the first tournament of its kind in the USA. The new Club World Cup aims to bring the most successful club teams from the six international confederations of AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA together every four years.
Structure, TV rights & more
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four in Miami. The two best teams from each group will make the last 16, from which stage a knockout round will decide the winners.
As FIFA announced on Wednesday, streaming provider DAZN will broadcast all matches for free!
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It is a great honour for us that our Salzburg Way has taken us all the way to the FIFA Club World Cup to give us a chance to compete with the best teams in the world in summer 2025. I think that this is not only a great honour for FC Red Bull Salzburg, but a recognition for Austrian club football on the whole after its continued development in recent years.
It is incredible that FC Red Bull Salzburg are part of this tournament and representing Austrian football at this level. I won this competition with Liverpool and know how special it is, even if the format was a bit different then.
Real Madrid have already won this competition more than any other team - five times - which says everything. Al Hilal are champions of a league that has become extremely strong in recent years, and they have a top player in their squad in Neymar. Their coach, Jorge Jesus, was actually coach of Flamengo in the Club World Cup final when I won with Liverpool. Pachuca are perhaps not so well known but they are often Mexican champions and definitely strong opponents, who we will find everything out about.
The 12 venues of the FIFA Club World Cup
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
- Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
- TQL Stadium (Cincinnati)
- Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles)
- Hard Rock Stadium (Miami)
- GEODIS Park (Nashville)
- MetLife Stadium (New Jersey/New York)
- Camping World Stadium (Orlando)
- Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
- Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
- Lumen Field (Seattle)
- Audi Field (Washington, D. C.)
