What teams are in Club World Cup? Full list of participants in 2025 FIFA tournament
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is a radical departure for an event that for years existed as a seven-team tournament.
FIFA has created a 32-team event for 2025, with Europe's 12 berths by far the largest share among the six confederations that manage the sport on a continental level. Oceania, by contrast, will have just one representative, the same total that region held in the old format.
South America is next on the list with six participants, including four from Brazil (the most from one nation). By virtue of this year's tournament being held in the United States, Concacaf — the governing body for North and Central America as well as the Caribbean — is next up with five entrants, while Asia and Africa will get four apiece. MLS will be represented by three teams: the Seattle Sounders, Inter Miami, and LAFC.
Here is a breakdown of the full 32-team Club World Cup field sorted by confederation, as well as tournament groups for this year's event:
What teams are in Club World Cup 2025?
With a long build-up for the Club World Cup ending with the tournament being used in part to hype soccer in general before the 2026 World Cup, FIFA couldn't just pull from continental championships conducted in 2024. With a 32-team field planned for the Club World Cup and the realities of different levels of quality from confederation to confederation, FIFA had to get creative to put together the final pool of teams for the first-ever Club World Cup on this scale.
Here is the full list of teams participating, broken down by confederation and with an explanation of how each team earned its berth:
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - Four teams
- Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia): Winners of 2021 AFC Champions League
- Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan): Winners of 2022 AFC Champions League
- Al Ain (United Arab Emirates): Winners of 2023-24 AFC Champions League
- Ulsan HD (Korea Republic): AFC club rankings
Confederation of African Football (CAF) - Four teams
- Al-Ahly SC (Egypt): Winners of 2020-21 CAF Champions League (as well as 2023-23 and 2023-24)
- Wydad AC (Morocco): Winners of 2021-22 CAF Champions League
- Espérance de Tunis (Tunisia): CAF club rankings
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa): CAF club rankings
Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) - Five teams
- Monterrey (Mexico): Winners of 2021 Concacaf Champions League
- Seattle Sounders (USA): Winners of 2022 Concacaf Champions League
- Pachuca (Mexico): Winners of 2024 Concacaf Champions League
- Inter Miami (USA): Host nation, winners of 2024 MLS Supporters Shield
- LAFC (USA): Winners of play-in game*
*Note: Concacaf originally planned to send Club León, winners of the 2023 Concacaf Champions League, but the Club World Cup forbids multiple clubs owned by the same person or organization to participate. León and Pachuca are both owned by Grupo Pachuca, and FIFA eventually disqualified León from participating. LAFC (which lost to León in the 2023 Concacaf Champions League final) and Club América (the top eligible team in Concacaf's club rankings) were paired in a playoff that LAFC won, 2-1.
Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) - Six teams
- Palmeiras (Brazil): Winners of 2021 Copa Libertadores
- Flamengo (Brazil): Winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores
- Fluminense (Brazil): Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores
- Botafogo (Brazil): Winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores
- River Plate (Argentina): CONMEBOL club rankings
- Boca Juniors (Argentina): CONMEBOL club rankings
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) - One team
- Auckland City FC (New Zealand): Winners of the OFC Champions League in 2022, 2023, and 2024
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) - 12 teams
- Chelsea (England): Winners of the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League
- Real Madrid (Spain): Winners of the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League (as well as the 2023-24 competition)
- Manchester City (England): Winners of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League
- Bayern Munich (Germany): UEFA club rankings
- Paris Saint-Germain (France): UEFA club rankings
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany): UEFA club rankings
- Inter Milan (Italy): UEFA club rankings
- Porto (Portugal): UEFA club rankings
- Atlético Madrid (spain): UEFA club rankings
- Benfica (Portugal): UEFA club rankings
- Juventus (Italy): UEFA club rankings
- Red Bull Salzburg (Austria): UEFA club rankings
Club World Cup 2025 groups
The 32 teams in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup have been placed into eight groups of four, with a round-robin group stage serving as the tournament's first round. Here are the eight groups:
Group A
- Al-Ahly (Egypt)
- Porto (Portugal)
- Palmeiras (Brazil)
- Inter Miami (United States)
Group B
- Paris Saint-Germain (France)
- Atlético Madrid (Spain)
- Botafogo (Brazil)
- Seattle Sounders (United States)
Group C
- Bayern Munich (Germany)
- Auckland City (New Zealand)
- Boca Juniors (Argentina)
- Benfica (Portugal)
Group D
- Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
- Flamengo (Brazil)
- Chelsea (England)
- LAFC (United States)
Group E
- River Plate (Argentina)
- Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
- Monterrey (Mexico)
- Inter Milan (Italy)
Group F
- Fluminense (Brazil)
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
- Ulsan HD (South Korea)
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Group G
- Manchester City (England)
- Wydad AC (Morocco)
- Al Ain (United Arab Emirates)
- Juventus (Italy)
Group H
- Real Madrid (Spain)
- Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
- Pachuca (Mexico)
- Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
Club World Cup 2025: How to watch, TV, streaming
Every one of the 63 games at the Club World Cup will stream for free on DAZN, while select matches will be carried on TNT in English.
Univision, TUDN, and ViX will all carry games in the U.S. in Spanish.
Watch the entire Club World Cup FREE on DAZN
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