FIFA Club World Cup Format and Odds

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the new FIFA Club World Cup format, including groups, schedule for viewers in Australia and odds.

Club World Cup Format

Qualifying

UEFA have been awarded the most slots with 12 teams, while CONMEBOL have been granted the second most with six.

The AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF were allocated four slots each, while the OFC and the host association were given one slot each.

15 of the teams entering the 2025 Club World Cup have qualified as Continental champions, 15 teams have qualified via their UEFA, OFC, AFC, CAF or CONMOBEL ranking, Inter Miami take a host spot, while Los Angeles FC managed to earn a place as play-in winners.

Group Stage

Teams are divided into eight groups of four in the group stage. Clubs in each group will play one another in a round-robin format, from which the top two sides will advance to the knockout stage.

Group A

• Palmeiras
• Porto
• Al Ahly
• Inter Miami

Group B

• Paris Saint-Germain
• Atletico Madrid
• Botafogo
• Seattle Sounders

Group C

• Bayern Munich
• Auckland City
• Boca Juniors
• Benfica

Group D

• Flamengo
• Esperance de Tunis
• Chelsea
• Los Angeles FC

Group E

• River Plate
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• Monterrey
• Inter Milan

Group F

• Fluminense
• Borussia Dortmund
• Ulsan HD
• Mamelodi Sundowns

Group G

• Manchester City
• Wydad AC
• Al Ain
• Juventus

Group H

• Real Madrid
• Al Hilal
• Pachuca
• Red Bull Salzburg

Schedule for viewers in Australia

Round of 16

• Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B - 29th June
• Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D - 29th June
• Winner group E v Runner-up Group F - 1st July
• Winner Group G v Runner-up Group H - 1st July
• Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A - 30th June
• Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C - 30th June
• Winner Group F v Runner-up Group E - 2nd July
• Winner Group H v Runner-up Group G - 2nd July

Quarter-finals

• Quarter-final 1 - 5th July
• Quarter-final 2 - 5th July
• Quarter-final 3 - 6th July
• Quarter-final 4 - 6th July

Semi-finals

• Semi-final 1 - 9th July
• Semi-final 2 - 10th July

Final

• Final - 14th July

Club World Cup Odds

Real Madrid are the 5.00 favourites in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 outright market to claim the title.

Fresh off the back of their 5-0 demolition of Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League final, Paris Saint-Germain are 5.50 to win this tournament on US soil.

Despite a below-par campaign for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, the Cityzens are third favourites at 6.00 to win the tournament.

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are 5.00 to claim the title, while Premier League outfit Chelsea are 11.00.

Following the disappointment of their UEFA Champions League final defeat, Inter Milan are available at 15.00, while La Liga giants Atletico Madrid are also 15.00.

Flying the flag for New Zealand in this year’s Club World Cup, Auckland City will go from facing Manurewa and Onehunga Mangere United to taking on the likes of Bayern Munich, Benfica and Boca Juniors.

Auckland City are the outsiders at 1251.00 to win the Club World Cup.

This article was written by a partner sports writer via Spotlight Sports Group. All odds displayed on this page were correct at the time of writing and are subject to withdrawal or change at any time.