Club World Cup: All you need to know as draw is made.

The draw has been made for the new expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be taking place in the United States next summer.

Having previously involved seven clubs, the revamped competition will now feature 32 teams participating across 12 cities.

Manchester City and Chelsea will represent the Premier League, and compete against some of the biggest clubs in the world.

Premier League champions Man City have been drawn in Group G and will face Moroccan side Wydad, Al Ain from United Arab Emirates and Italian giants Juventus.

See: Learn more about Man City’s opponents

Meanwhile, Chelsea are in Group D, coming up against Brazilian side Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, representing the African country, and Club Leon from Mexico.

The Blues could come up against a familiar face, with their former defender David Luiz now playing for Flamengo in his native Brazil.

See: Get to know Chelsea’s opponents

Here’s all you need to know about the draw.

What are the groups?

Group A: Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami

Group B: Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders

Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica

Group D: Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, Chelsea, Club Leon

Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan

Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns

Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus

Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg

What is the FIFA Club World Cup?

Thirty-two of world football’s top club teams will meet in June and July next year as they compete for the new trophy.

Replacing the annual tournament, the enlarged competition is now expected to take place every four years.

Who will be in it?

Clubs from each of the six international football confederations will be represented at the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025.

They qualified by either winning a continental title, like the UEFA Champions League, in one of the four most recent seasons, or by “having a high ranking of performance in the top-level continental tournament over a four-year period”, according to FIFA.

Twelve places have been allocated to UEFA clubs, six to clubs from the South American confederation CONMEBOL, four each for the North and Central American confederation CONCACAF, and for the Asian and African confederations, plus one for Oceania.

Before the change, it was a seven-team tournament that took place every year in December and was contested by the winners of continental club competitions.

When will it be played?

The new tournament will feature 63 matches across four weeks between Sunday 15 June to Sunday 13 July 2025.

The 2024/25 Premier League season finishes on Sunday 25 May 2025, with the 2025/26 campaign getting under way on Saturday 16 August 2025.

Where will it be played?

Fixtures will be played across 12 different stadiums in America next summer and the host venues are: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta), TQL Stadium (Charlotte), Bank of America Stadium (Cincinnati), Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles), Hard Rock Stadium (Miami), GEODIS Park (Nashville), MetLife Stadium (New Jersey), Camping World Stadium (Orlando), Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando), Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia), Lumen Field (Seattle), Audi Field (Washington).

What will the format be?

The format mirrors the old set-up of the UEFA Champions League, with 32 clubs drawn into eight groups of four teams before the knockout stages.

The sides finishing top of each group as well as the runner-ups progress to the round of 16, where extra-time and a penalty shootout could be used to decide the winner.

Who has won it before?

Man City are the current holders, beating Brazilian side Fluminense 4-0 in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup final in Saudi Arabia a year ago.

Five-time winners Real Madrid took the 2022 title, with Chelsea crowned world champions in 2021 when they beat Al Ahly on penalties.

(EPL)