New York, Sep 29 World football’s governing body FIFA has announced 12 stadiums in the US where 63 matches of the new FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be played, with the final to be played at MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey.
The tournament will kick off on June 15, 2025. MetLife Stadium in New York, New Jersey will host the final on July 13, 2025, exactly a year before the final of FIFA World Cup 26.
The multipurpose open-air stadium for the final, which opened in 2010 with a capacity of 82,500, was the venue for the final of the 2016 Copa America Centenario, when Chile beat Lionel Messi’s Argentina on penalties. The venue was previously selected to host the FIFA World Cup 26 final, in addition to two more knockout ties and five group-stage matches.
Apart from MetLife Stadium, the other 11 venues are; Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta), Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte), TQL Stadium (Cincinnati), Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles), Hard Rock Stadium (Miami), Geodis Park (Nashville), Camping World Stadium (Orlando), Inter & Co. Stadium (Orlando), Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia), Lumen Field (Seattle) and Audi Field (Washington, D.C.)
“The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will feature 12 spectacular stadiums where the greatest players from the world’s 32 best clubs will write a new chapter in the global history of football,” said FIFA chief Gianni Infantino. He added, “This new FIFA competition is the only true example of genuine solidarity and inclusiveness in worldwide club football, offering the best clubs from Africa, Asia, Central and North America and Oceania the opportunity to play alongside the powerhouses of Europe and South America in an incredible new World Cup that will have a huge impact on club football and talent development globally.”
The Club World Cup will feature eight groups of four teams, each playing in a single-game round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance to a single-match knockout stage from the Round of 16 to the final. With the draw scheduled for December, only two of the 32 teams have yet to be confirmed: one from South America, the other representing the host country.
