Club World Cup

2025 FIFA Club World Cup draw: Date, times, how to watch on TV, stream online

Miami is the venue on Thursday, as the 32 teams in the expanded Club World Cup find out their group-stage fate.

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Update: Dec 9th, 2024 06:37 EST

The 32 teams competing in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will learn the identity of their group-stage opponents tomorrow, as Miami hosts the draw for the inaugural edition of the revamped tournament.

Expanded from the competition’s previous seven-team format, next year’s Club World Cup is to take place in 11 host cities across the United States in June and July, with New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium hosting the final.

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— FIFA Club World Cup (@FIFACWC) December 4, 2024

When is the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup draw?

The Club World Cup draw is to take place on Thursday December 5, 2024, as a live studio event. It is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT.

How can I watch the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup draw?

Viewers in the US can watch the draw live on Telemundo Deportes En Vivo and DAZN USA. You can also tune in to the event on FIFA.com and FIFA+, the global governing body’s streaming service.

What’s more, you will have the option of following AS USA’s live-text coverage of the Club World Cup draw.

Which teams have qualified? Full list of draw pots

Pot 1: Manchester City (ENG), Real Madrid, (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Flamengo (BRA), Palmeiras (BRA), River Plate (ARG), Fluminense (BRA)

Pot 2: Chelsea (ENG), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Inter Milan (ITA), Porto (POR), Atlético Madrid (ESP), Benfica (POR), Juventus (ITA), RB Salzburg (AUT)

Pot 3: Al Hilal (KSA), Ulsan (KOR), Al Ahly (EGY), Wydad (MAR), Monterrey (MEX), Club León (MEX), Boca Juniors (ARG), Botafogo (BRA)

Pot 4: Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN), Al Ain (UAE), Espérance (TUN), Mamelodi Sundowns FC (RSA), Pachuca (MEX), Seattle Sounders (USA), Auckland City (NZL), Inter Miami (USA)

The full lowdown on the draw procedure

How will the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup draw work?

One club from each of the four draw pots will be assigned to each group, to make up a total of eight groups of four.

Teams from all but one confederation will be kept apart. UEFA will be the exception: Europe will have 12 teams at the Club World Cup, so four of the eight groups will feature two clubs from the continent. No European clubs from the same country can be drawn together in the round-robin phase.

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For scheduling reasons, the two US teams in the draw - Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders - will automatically be placed in Groups A and B, respectively.

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