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1st edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup
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The 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025 presented by Aramco for sponsorship reasons)[1] will be the second edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament will comprise of the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket. It will be held in the final quarter of 2025. The first two games will be played in the stadium of a team involved in each match, and the final three (including the final) will be played in Qatar at a neutral venue.[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 2024–25 CAF Champions League will host the winners of the 2025 OFC Champions League in the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off".
- Second round: The winners of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite will host the winners of the first round for the title of the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup". In parallel, the winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores and the winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will play each other in a match that will be denominated the "FIFA Derby of the Americas".
- Play-off: The winners of the second round matches will each other at a neutral venue in the "FIFA Challenger Cup".
- Final: The winners of the play-off (FIFA Challenger Cup) played the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League at a neutral venue/
Qualified teams
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in the final | |||
| UEFA | Winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League | 31 May 2025 | |
| Entering in the second round | |||
| AFC | Winners of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite | 4 May 2025 | |
| CONCACAF | Winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup | 1 June 2025 | |
| CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores | 29 November 2025 | |
| Entering in the first round | |||
| CAF | Winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League | 1 June 2025 | |
| OFC | Winners of the 2025 OFC Champions League | 13 April 2025 | |
Matches
If a match was tied after normal playing time, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
| Derby of the Americas | Challenger Cup | Intercontinental Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hosted at neutral venue | Hosted at neutral venue | |||||||||||||||||
| CONMEBOL representative | UEFA representative | |||||||||||||||||
| Hosted at neutral venue | ||||||||||||||||||
| CONCACAF representative | Challenger Cup winner | |||||||||||||||||
| Derby of the Americas winner | ||||||||||||||||||
| African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off | African–Asian–Pacific Cup | African–Asian–Pacific Cup winner | ||||||||||||||||
| Hosted by higher-ranked team | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hosted by higher-ranked team | AFC representative | |||||||||||||||||
| CAF representative | Play-off winner | |||||||||||||||||
| OFC representative | ||||||||||||||||||
Trophies awarded
In addition to the Intercontinental Cup final, trophies were 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).[5]