2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
3rd edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup
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The 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup will be the third edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprised the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBA |
| Dates | TBA |
| Teams | 6 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | TBA |
← 2025 2027 → | |
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.[1]
Paris Saint-Germain are the defending champions, having won their first FIFA Intercontinental Cup title in 2025.[2]
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 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite[a] play the winners of the 2026 OFC Professional League in the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off".
- Second round: The winners of the 2025–26 CAF Champions League play the winners of the first round for the title of the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup". The match is hosted by the club from the country with the higher ranking in the FIFA Men's World Ranking. In parallel, the winners of the 2026 Copa Libertadores and the winners of the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup play each other at a neutral venue in a match that was denominated the "FIFA Derby of the Americas".
- Play-off: The winners of the second round matches play each other in the "FIFA Challenger Cup".
- Final: The winners of the play-off (FIFA Challenger Cup) play the winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.
Venues
 Saudi Arabia |
 South Africa |
|---|---|
| Jeddah | Pretoria |
| King Abdullah Sports City | Loftus Versfeld Stadium |
| Capacity: 62,345 | Capacity: 51,762 |
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Qualified teams
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| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in the final | ||||
 Paris Saint-Germain |
UEFA | Winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League | 30 May 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2025) |
| Entering in the second round | ||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns |
CAF | Winners of the 2025–26 CAF Champions League | 24 May 2026 | 1st |
 Toluca |
CONCACAF | Winners of the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup | 30 May 2026 | 1st |
| CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2026 Copa Libertadores | 28 November 2026 | ||
| Entering in the first round | ||||
| Al-Ahli |
AFC | Winners of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite | 25 April 2026 | 2nd (Previous: 2025) |
 Auckland FC |
OFC | Winners of the 2026 OFC Professional League | 20 May 2026 | 1st |
Matches
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.
Bracket
| Derby of the Americas | Challenger Cup | Intercontinental Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| TBA – TBA | TBA – TBA | |||||||||||||||||
| Toluca | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||||||
| TBA – TBA | ||||||||||||||||||
| CONMEBOL representative | Winners of Challenger Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Winner Match 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off | African–Asian–Pacific Cup | Winner Match 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 September – Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 August – Jeddah | Mamelodi Sundowns | |||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli | Winner Match 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Auckland FC | ||||||||||||||||||
First round
Second round
| Mamelodi Sundowns | Match 2 |  Winner Match 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Play-off
| Winner Match 3 | Match 4 | Winner Match 2 |
|---|---|---|
Final
See also
Notes
- As per the rotation policy between AFC and CAF.