Defending champions Manchester Metropolis have been grouped with Juventus for subsequent summer season’s FIFA Membership World Cup, whereas Chelsea have been drawn in the identical group as Flamengo.
Metropolis may also play UAE facet Al Ain, and face Moroccan crew Wydad AC of their Group G opener.
Chelsea will come up in opposition to Esperance Sportive de Tunis in Group D along with Rio-based Flamengo and can open their Membership World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Mexican facet Membership Leon.
The brand new-look Membership World Cup will characteristic 32 groups and can be performed each 4 years from the summer season of 2025.
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will open the match with a Group A conflict in opposition to Egyptian membership Al Ahly on the Exhausting Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on June 15. Palmeiras and Porto are the opposite groups that make up Group A.
The draw for subsequent yr’s match passed off in Miami and was carried out by Juventus and Italy legend Alessandro Del Piero.
The progressive new FIFA Membership World Cup Trophy, designed by FIFA and crafted in collaboration with international luxurious jeweller Tiffany & Co, was unveiled for the primary time by FIFA president Gianni Infantino and former Brazil striker Ronaldo forward of the draw.
Membership World Cup attract full
Group A: Palmeiras (Brz), Porto (Por), Al Ahly (Egy), Inter Miami (USA)
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain (Fra), Atletico Madrid (Esp), Botafogo (Brz), Seattle Sounders (USA)
Group C: Bayern Munich (Ger), Benfica (Por), Boca Juniors (Arg), Auckland Metropolis (Nzl)
Group D: Flamengo (Brz), Chelsea (Eng), Membership Leon (Mex), Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tun)
Group E: River Plate (Arg), Inter Milan (Ita), CF Monterrey (Mex), Urawa Pink Diamonds (Jpn)
Group F: Fluminense (Brz), Borussia Dortmund (Ger), Ulsan HD (Kor), Mamelodi Sundowns (Rsa)
Group G: Man Metropolis (Eng), Juventus (Ita), Wydad AC (Mor), Al Ain (UAE)
Group H: Actual Madrid (Esp), FC Salzburg (Aut), Al Hilal (Rsa), CF Pachuca (Mex)
Trump: Soccer goes by means of the roof
The viewers on the FIFA Membership World Cup attract Miami watched a prerecorded video message from US President-elect Donald Trump wherein he stated soccer goes “through the roof.”
Ivanka Trump, her husband, Jared Kushner, and their son, Theo, had been amongst these on the occasion to attract teams for the expanded 32-team match that can be performed in the US subsequent yr.
Trump complimented FIFA President Gianni Infantino in his tackle.
He stated: “I will try and be there if I can, I would. We’ll see what happens. But I just want to say you’re led by a man named Gianni. I just know him as Gianni and he’s a winner and he’s the president, and I’m the president.
Donald Trump jokes round with FIFA president Gianni Infantino throughout his first time period as US president again in 2018
“We’ve known each other a long time, and I’m so honoured to have this kind of a relationship because soccer is going through the roof. As everybody knows, it’s been doing fantastically well.”
Trump additionally famous the 2026 males’s World Cup can be held in the US, Canada and Mexico.
“I want to say my highest regards in respect to Gianni, and it’s an honour to be with you and we’ll be with you very soon,” Trump stated.
“And we’re going to be watching the World Cup, very importantly, also very soon. And I was very responsible, along with Gianni in getting it. And it’s going to be a fantastic thing.”
When is the 2025 Membership World Cup?
Manchester Metropolis are the defending Membership World Cup champions
The Membership World Cup will happen over 29 days in the summertime of 2025.
The match begins on June 15, with the ultimate going down on July 13.
The place is the 2025 Membership World Cup?
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The 2025 Membership World Cup takes place in the US throughout 12 stadiums:
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
- Financial institution of America Stadium (Charlotte)
- TQL Stadium (Cincinnati)
- Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles)
- Exhausting Rock Stadium (Miami)
- GEODIS Park (Nashville)
- Tenting World Stadium (Orlando)
- Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
- Lincoln Monetary Discipline (Philadelphia)
- Lumen Discipline (Seattle)
- Audi Discipline (Washington, D.C.)
What is the format of the Membership World Cup?
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The match format works precisely the identical because the FIFA World Cup, just for golf equipment.
The 32 groups have been divided into eight teams of 4 groups, with the highest two groups in every group qualifying for the knockout stage.
The last-16 stage – the primary single knockout spherical – then strikes to the quarter-final, semi-final after which ultimate. There isn’t a third-place play-off between the 2 dropping semi-final groups.
