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2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
2nd edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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 Qatar.
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.
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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]
- First round: The winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League[a] will play the winners of the 2025 OFC Champions League in the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off".[7] The match will be hosted by the club from the country with the higher ranking in the FIFA Men's World Ranking.
- Second round: The winners of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite will play the winners of the first round for the title of the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup". The match will be hosted by the club from the country with the higher ranking in the FIFA Men's World Ranking. In parallel, the winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores and the winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will play each other at a neutral venue in a match that will be denominated the "FIFA Derby of the Americas".
- Play-off: The winners of the second round matches will play each other in the "FIFA Challenger Cup".
- Final: The winners of the play-off (FIFA Challenger Cup) will play the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.
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Venues
Qualified teams
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Location of the teams participating in the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Matches
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The match schedule was confirmed on 9 September 2025.[7]
| Derby of the Americas | Challenger Cup | Intercontinental Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 December – Al Rayyan | 17 December – Neutral venue | |||||||||||||||||
 Cruz Azul |  Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 December – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||||||||||
 CONMEBOL representative | Winner Match 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Winner Match 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off | African–Asian–Pacific Cup |  Pyramids | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 September – Jeddah | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 September – Cairo |  Al-Ahli | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pyramids | 3 | Pyramids | 3 | |||||||||||||||
 Auckland City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
First round
African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off
Second round
African–Asian–Pacific Cup
Play-off
Final
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Goalscorers
Table correct as of 23 September 2025.
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]
- Intercontinental Cup:
- Challenger Cup:
- Derby of the Americas:
- African–Asian–Pacific Cup:
Pyramids
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Notes
- As per the rotation policy between AFC and CAF.
References
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