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Club World Cup: FIFA strips Man City, Real Madrid, Man Utd of titles
NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – FIFA restructured the Club World Cup into a 32-team tournament held every four years, recognizing Chelsea as the first official champions and reclassifying previous winners as Intercontinental Champions.
- Chelsea secured the 2025 Club World Cup title last week by convincingly beating Paris Saint-Germain with a three-goal margin in the championship match at MetLife Stadium.
- This victory followed a restructuring that made the Club World Cup a quadrennial 32-team tournament from six confederations, replacing the annual format used since 2005.
- FIFA has designated Chelsea as the inaugural champions under the revised Club World Cup format and has reclassified all past titleholders, such as Real Madrid, Liverpool, and Manchester United, as "Intercontinental Champions" instead.
- FIFA shared an image captioned 'The first ever FIFA CWC Champions' celebrating Chelsea's historic achievement, making them the only team officially deemed world champions under this competition.
- Chelsea's triumph marked them as the first English club to secure every major domestic and international title, suggesting stronger competition next season though manager Enzo Maresca faces pressure to close gaps on rivals.
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Club World Cup: FIFA strips Man City, Real Madrid, Man Utd of titles
FIFA have officially stripped Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City of their Club World Cup titles. The world football governing body has now ruled that the above three Premier League clubs and all other previous winners like Real Madrid and Barcelona, will now be known as ‘FIFA Intercontinental Champions’. The Daily Mail reports that FIFA has decided to recognize Chelsea as the first-ever winners of the competition. This means the Bl…
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