2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

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2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBA
Dates14 September – 17 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played1
Goals scored3 (3 per match)
Attendance4,157 (4,157 per match)
Top scorer(s) Walid El Karti (Pyramids)
Mohamed Hamdy (Pyramids)
Mostafa Ziko (Pyramids)
1 goal each
← 2024
2026→
All statistics correct as of 14 September 2025.

The 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup 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 are expected to take place at a neutral venue.

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. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Venues

Flag of Egypt.svg EgyptFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Cairo Jeddah
30 June Stadium King Abdullah Sports City
Capacity: 30,000Capacity: 62,345
30 June Stadium Cairo.jpg Jawhara Stadium.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
CONMEBOL Winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores 29 November 2025
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. [7]

Derby of the Americas Challenger Cup Intercontinental Cup
10 December – Neutral venue17 December – Neutral venue
Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
13 December – Neutral venue
Flag placeholder.svg CONMEBOL representativeFlag placeholder.svg Winner Match 4
Flag placeholder.svg Winner Match 3
African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off African–Asian–Pacific Cup Flag placeholder.svg Winner Match 2
23 September - Jeddah
14 September – Cairo Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ahli
Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 3 Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
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 Match 2 Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
Report
King Abdullah Sports City , Jeddah
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Derby of the Americas
Cruz Azul Flag of Mexico.svg Match 3Flag placeholder.svg CONMEBOL representative
Report

Play-off

Challenger Cup
Winner Match 3 Flag placeholder.svgMatch 4Flag placeholder.svg Winner Match 2
Report

Final

Paris Saint-Germain Flag of France.svg Match 5Flag placeholder.svg Winner Match 4
Report

Goalscorers

Table correct as of 14 September 2025.

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Morocco.svg Walid El Karti Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 1
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hamdy Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids
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. [5]

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. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025" (Press release). FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Nair, Rohith (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup set for June–July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "FIFA Intercontinental Cup: Key information". FIFA . 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Bureau of the Council update on FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  7. 1 2 "FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025: Dates and venues for first match-ups confirmed". FIFA . 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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