The 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025 presented by Aramco for sponsorship reasons) 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 champions 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 Men's 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 (FIFA Challenger Cup) played the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.
Venues CairoJeddahAl Rayyan30 June StadiumKing Abdullah Sports CityAhmad bin Ali StadiumCapacity: 30,000Capacity: 62,345Capacity: 45,032
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualificationQualified dateParticipationEntering in the finalUEFAWinners of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League31 May 20251stEntering in the second round Al-AhliAFCWinners of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite3 May 20251st Cruz AzulCONCACAFWinners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup1 June 20251st FlamengoCONMEBOLWinners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores29 November 20251stEntering in the first round PyramidsCAFWinners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League1 June 20251st Auckland CityOFCWinners of the 2025 OFC Men's Champions League12 April 20252nd
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.
Bracket
First round
Second round
Play-off
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Fiston Mayele Pyramids32 Giorgian de Arrascaeta Flamengo23 Danilo Flamengo1 Walid El Karti Pyramids Mohamed Hamdy Pyramids Jorginho Flamengo Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Paris Saint-Germain Léo Pereira Flamengo Jorge Sánchez Cruz Azul Ivan Toney Al-Ahli Mostafa Ziko Pyramids
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 (contested by the AFC, CAF and OFC representatives), Derby of the Americas (contested by the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL representatives) and Challenger Cup (contested by the winners of the two aforementioned matches). These trophies were similar to each other, but with different coloured globes. Intercontinental Cup: Paris Saint-Germain Challenger Cup: Flamengo Derby of the Americas: Flamengo African–Asian–Pacific Cup: Pyramids
See also 2025 FIFA Club World Cup 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup
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