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FIFA's Club World Cup Finally Faces the Ultimate Test
- FIFA's upcoming Club World Cup, featuring 32 teams and a prize pool of $1 billion, is scheduled to be held in various locations throughout the United States from mid-June to mid-July 2025.
- The tournament faces criticism from players' union FIFPRO, which warned about players' heavy workloads and filed a complaint against FIFA in 2024.
- The competition includes top clubs from Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and North America, featuring stars like Messi and champions like Real Madrid and Chelsea.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino called this event 'the beginning of something historic' and aims to hold the tournament every four years as a global club championship.
- The tournament's success remains uncertain amid slow ticket sales and skepticism, but it may shape the future schedule and global club soccer hierarchy.
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FIFA's Club World Cup 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 faced criticism and scepticism since the moment FIFA president Gianni Infantino began to float the idea. As a completely new arrival in an already crowded fo…
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The Huntsville ItemDismal ticket sales, grumblings from fans and clubs – is FIFA’s latest attempt to establish a global club game doomed before it starts?
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…
Miami. With unprecedented prizes of $1 billion and a poster full of stars, the new FIFA Club World Cup has all the ingredients to become a monumental event.
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