The elimination of Barça at the hands of PSG qualified Atlético de Madrid for the 2025 Club Super World Cup. A lesser evil for Atlético, despite losing to Borussia Dortmund. Therefore, 22 confirmed teams of the 32 that will play in the new and expanded FIFA club tournament are already known. Atlético and Barcelona were playing heads or tails for their presence in the new tournament, but Barça needed Atlético to fall and for them to remain in the Champions League or, on the contrary, reach the final and even win it.
The red and white team started with a 6-point advantage over Barça after the victories of both in the first legs of the quarterfinals. The elimination of the two, however, leaves things as they are and it will be Atlético de Madrid who will participate in the United States between June 15 and July 13, 2025. Atlético and Real Madrid will be the only two Spanish representatives and will have as rivals to teams of the stature of Manchester City, Chelsea, Juventus, PSG, Bayern, Porto, Benfica, Inter, Dortmund, Al Hilal, Palmeiras or Fluminense, among others.
Qualified for the 2025 Club World Cup
- Chelsea (England)
- Real Madrid (Spain)
- Atlético (Spain)
- Manchester City (Inglaterra)
- Bayern (Germany)
- PSG (France)
- Inter (Italy)
- Porto (Portugal)
- Benfica (Portugal)
- Dortmund (Germany)
- Juventus (Italy)
- Al Hilal (Arabia)
- Urawa (Japan)
- Al Ahly (Egypt)
- Wydad (Morocco)
- Club León (Mexico)
- Striped (Mexico)
- Seattle Sounders (USA)
- Palmeiras (Brazil)
- Fluminense (Brazil)
- Flamengo (Brazil)
- Auckland City (New Zealand)
A great club tournament that Gianni Infantino has scheduled to replace the current obsolete World Cup format. Victories in the Champions League give two points, draws give one point and passing the round gives another point for the ranking. Now we only need to know the last European place of the 12 in contention. If Arsenal win the Champions League this year it will be theirs. If not, that place would fall to Red Bull Salzburg of Austria.
Economic blow for Barça
Simply qualifying to compete in the World Cup represents a great prize for the participants, since the 32 clubs that play in it will take home a minimum of 50 million euros, an amount that Barça will no longer be eligible for but Atlético will. From there, depending on the classification, the prizes will increase. The champion will earn another 50 million more.
In the Champions League, Barça had budgeted to reach the quarterfinals (12 million euros) and reaching the semifinals meant an extra injection of 12.5 million.
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