2024_FIFA_Intercontinental_Cup

2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

International football competition

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup is the inaugural edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organized by FIFA. The tournament will comprise 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 is scheduled to take place in December 2024 with the first rounds at a home stadium for one team and later rounds at a neutral venue.[1]

"2024 FIFA Club World Cup" redirects here. For the next iteration of the tournament, see 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
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The tournament serves as a replacement for the annual version of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was reorganized into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants. Its name is derived from the former Intercontinental Cup that was last played in 2004 between teams from UEFA and CONMEBOL. The FIFA Intercontinental Cup will include byes to the final for the winners of the UEFA Champions League. The tournament's format and name were approved by the FIFA Council on December 17, 2023.[2][3]

Format

The format of the tournament was approved by the FIFA Council on December 17, 2023.[1]

Qualified teams

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Matches

First roundSecond roundPlay-offFinal
              
AFC or CAF champion
OFC champion
 
AFC or CAF champion
December 14
 
 
CONMEBOL champion
CONCACAF champion
December 18
 
UEFA champion

Notes

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    A draw will determine if the winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League or the 2023–24 CAF Champions League will play against the winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League in the first round. As a result, the other team qualified will enter in the second round.

References

  1. [1]
    "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025" (Press release). FIFA. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Bonn, Kyle (December 17, 2023). "Club World Cup 2025 in USA: Confirmed teams, format, schedule, dates for FIFA tournament with expanded field". The Sporting News. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  3. [3]
    Nair, Rohith (December 17, 2023). "Club World Cup set for June-July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
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