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FIFA's Club World Cup Finally Faces the Ultimate Test
- FIFA's redesigned 32-team Club World Cup will take place throughout the United States, running from mid-June to mid-July 2025, featuring a prize fund totaling $1 billion.
- The expanded tournament replaces the former eight-team format, but player union FIFPRO warned in 2023 about excessive workloads and limited rest.
- The competition features global clubs including European champions Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester City, and stars like Lionel Messi, Harry Kane, and Kylian Mbappe.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino described the event as a groundbreaking moment that could transform the sport, while skeptics remain uncertain about its potential to generate sufficient fan enthusiasm.
- FIFPRO filed a formal complaint against FIFA in October 2024 over player welfare, and the tournament's success will influence its future place in the soccer calendar.
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FIFA is hoping that Lionel Messi can draw the crowds. Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesThe FIFA World Club Cup, which kicks off in the U.S. on June 14, 2025, may seem like a new competition. Certainly, soccer’s governing body, FIFA, is promoting it as is it were, marketing the monthlong competition between 32 of the world’s biggest soccer teams as the “pinnacle of club football,” with up to US$125 million in prize money for the winning team and $250 mil…
FIFA’s Club World Cup finally faces the ultimate test
With an eye-watering $1 billion in prize money, some of the biggest stars in the game and clubs competing from across the globe, FIFA's new Club World Cup has all the ingredients to be a huge event. But the 32-team tournament, which will be played across the USA from June 14 to July 13, has
The United States will host the first expanded FIFA Club World Cup with 32 teams, which will be held between June 15th and July 13th in 11 host cities mainly on the East Coast. Here is a brief review of the scenarios that will host the 63 matches of the contest: 1. MetLife StadiumEast Rutherford, New Jersey Capacity: 82,500 This huge multipurpose stadium, habitual home of the Giants and the NFL Jets, will host the final on July 13th. There was p…
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