2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

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2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFinal stages:
Qatar
Dates14 September – 17 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored12 (3 per match)
Attendance68,917 (17,229 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fiston Mayele (Pyramids)
3 goals
← 2024
2026→
All statistics correct as of 13 December 2025.

The 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025 presented by Aramco for sponsorship reasons) is the second edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprises the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket, and takes place from 14 September to 17 December 2025. [1]

Contents

The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds. [2] The last three matches will take place in Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. [3]

Real Madrid are the defending champions, but they are not able to defend their title after being eliminated by Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.

Format

The details were approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2023, with the format formally confirmed on 20 September 2024. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Venues

Flag of Egypt.svg EgyptFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi ArabiaFlag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Cairo Jeddah Al Rayyan
30 June Stadium King Abdullah Sports City Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Capacity: 30,000Capacity: 62,345Capacity: 45,032
30 June Stadium Cairo.jpg Jawhara Stadium.jpg AlRayyanStadium.jpg

Qualified teams

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Location of the teams participating in the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
TeamConfederationQualificationQualified dateParticipation
Entering in the final
Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain UEFA Winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League 31 May 20251st
Entering in the second round
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli AFC Winners of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite 3 May 20251st
Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul CONCACAF Winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup 1 June 20251st
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores 29 November 20251st
Entering in the first round
Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids CAF Winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League 1 June 20251st
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2025 OFC Champions League 12 April 20252nd (Previous: 2024)

Matches

The match schedule was confirmed on 9 September 2025. [8] [9] If a match is tied after normal playing time, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be held to determine the winner. [10]

Derby of the Americas Challenger Cup Intercontinental Cup
10 December – Al Rayyan 17 December – Al Rayyan
Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul 1 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
13 December – Al Rayyan
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 2
African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off African–Asian–Pacific Cup Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 0
23 September – Jeddah
14 September – Cairo Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli 1
Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 3 Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 0

First round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off
Pyramids Flag of Egypt.svg 3–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
Report
30 June Stadium , Cairo
Attendance: 4,157
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Second round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup
Al-Ahli Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1–3 Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
Report
King Abdullah Sports City , Jeddah
Attendance: 49,284
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Derby of the Americas
Cruz Azul Flag of Mexico.svg 1–2 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Report
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium , Al Rayyan
Attendance: 7,108
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Play-off

Challenger Cup
Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg 2–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
Report
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 8,368
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Final

Paris Saint-Germain Flag of France.svg Match 5 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Report
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Goalscorers

As of 13 December 2025
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Fiston Mayele Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 3
2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Giorgian de Arrascaeta Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 2
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 1
Flag of Morocco.svg Walid El Karti Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hamdy Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul
Flag of England.svg Ivan Toney Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli
Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Ziko Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids

Trophies awarded

Multiple trophies are awarded to winning teams in the competition. In addition to an updated trophy given to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup final, trophies are awarded to the winning teams of the African–Asian–Pacific Cup (contested by the AFC, CAF and OFC representatives), Derby of the Americas (contested by the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL representatives) and Challenger Cup (contested by the winners of the two aforementioned matches). These trophies are similar to each other, but with different coloured globes. [6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As per the rotation policy between AFC and CAF.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Council approves unprecedented prize money pot for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and takes key decisions on women's competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025". FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Visa presale for final three FIFA Intercontinental Cup showdowns launched". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025. Ahmad bin Ali Stadium to host trio of contests
  4. ↑ Bonn, Kyle (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup 2025 in USA: Confirmed teams, format, schedule, dates for FIFA tournament with expanded field". The Sporting News . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Nair, Rohith (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup set for June–July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 "FIFA Intercontinental Cup: Key information". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Bureau of the Council update on FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  8. 1 2 "FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025: Dates and venues for first match-ups confirmed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Match Schedule FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Regulations for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
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