2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
The 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprised the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket, and took place from 14 September to 17 December 2025.
The tournament broadly maintained the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds. The last three matches took place in Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar.
Real Madrid were the defending champions, but they were not able to defend their title after being eliminated by Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition Paris Saint-Germain went on to win the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in their history after beating Flamengo marking their first Club World Champion title.
Format
The details were approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2023, with the format formally confirmed on 20 September 2024.First round: The winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League played the winners of the 2025 OFC Champions League in the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off". The match was hosted by the club from the country with the higher ranking in the FIFA Men's World Ranking.Second round: The winners of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite played the winners of the first round for the title of the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup". The match was hosted by the club from the country with the higher ranking in the FIFA Men's World Ranking. In parallel, the winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores and the winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup played each other at a neutral venue in a match that was denominated the "FIFA Derby of the Americas".Play-off: The winners of the second round matches played each other in the "FIFA Challenger Cup".Final: The winners of the play-off played the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.
Matches
The match schedule was confirmed on 9 September 2025. If a match was tied after normal playing time, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
Second round
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Trophies awarded
Multiple trophies were awarded to winning teams in the competition. In addition to an updated trophy given to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup final, trophies were awarded to the winning teams of the African–Asian–Pacific Cup, Derby of the Americas and Challenger Cup. These trophies were similar to each other, but with different coloured globes.Intercontinental Cup: Paris Saint-GermainChallenger Cup: FlamengoDerby of the Americas: FlamengoAfrican–Asian–Pacific Cup: Pyramids