Club World Cup 2025: Bavaria and Dortmund in the fight for the title in the USA!

Club World Cup 2025: Bavaria and Dortmund in the fight for the title in the USA!

Vereinigte Staaten, USA - The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 awaits football fans across Germany. The tournament will take place in the United States in the summer of 2025 and will be the first in which 32 teams fight for the title. With a new format that relies on eight groups of four, an exciting and varied field of participants is offered.

from Germany, FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund take part. These two renowned clubs will compete in group phases before they may climb into the knockout round. The group draw has already been completed and the game plans have meanwhile been determined.

groups and schedule

FC Bayern Munich plays in Group C and has set the following matches:

• 15. June 2025, 6:00 p.m.: FC Bayern Munich - Auckland City FC
• 20. June 2025, 3:00 a.m.: FC Bayern Munich - Boca Juniors
• 24. June 2025, 9:00 p.m.: Benfica Lisbon - FC Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund is represented in Group F and has planned the following games:

• 17. June 2025, 6:00 p.m.: Fluminense FC - Borussia Dortmund
• 21. June 2025, 6:00 p.m.: Mamelodi Sundowns FC - Borussia Dortmund
• 25. June 2025, 9:00 p.m.: Borussia Dortmund - Ulsan HD FC

The entire event will open on June 14, 2025 with the opening game in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami and ends on July 13, 2025. The new mode enables the two best teams to move into the round of 16.

participant and mode

Overall, the 32 participants consist of different continents:

• 12 teams from Europe (UEFA), including FCB and BVB
• 6 teams from South America (Conmebol)
• 4 from Asia (AFC)
• 4 from Africa (CAF)
• 4 from North and Central America (Concacaf)
• 1 from Oceania (OFC)
• The host USA has a special place

The FIFA and Concacaf organize the event and also ensured that this World Cup is the greatest of its kind with 63 games. There are no games for third place, which further simplifies the final stage of the event.

A special feature in this tournament will be the use of body cams for the referees who are used for the first time in this context to improve the game management. In addition, 29 referees and 24 video assistants are responsible for technical support.

The club World Cup 2025 promises to become an exciting event for football experts and fans who can look forward to the exciting games and encounters. Information on the game days, the respective teams and the venues can be viewed on the organizers' corresponding websites. Especially at op-online.de, bundesliga.com and Wikipedia can be found.