The 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs (formerly the Kings World Cup, renamed to distinguish from the Kings World Cup Nations) was an international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format. 32 teams took part. Spain's Porcinos FC automatically qualified as the defending world champions, having won the inaugural tournament in 2024.
In March 2025, France was announced as the tournament's host nation, coinciding with the launch of the Kings League France. The second edition took place from 1 to 14 June 2025.
On 1 May 2025, the Paris La Défense Arena was announced as the site of the finals.
Background In an introductory video for the campaign uploaded on 7 September 2024, the 2025 edition of the Kings World Cup, was announced to happen at the end of the season. Spain would send Porcinos FC, the defending champions of the competition, alongside four other teams. They were to be joined by four teams from the Americas Kings League and teams from the Kings Leagues of Italy, Brazil, France, and Germany, as well as "wildcard" teams from other countries, for a 32-team tournament. The first wildcard team was announced on 16 February 2025, Moroccan side Ultra Chmicha (led by content creator Ilyas El Maliki) after the country's semi-final performance at the 2025 Kings World Cup Nations. France would be announced as the hosts for the competition on 24 March 2025, during the Kings League France team introduction and draft.
Slot allocation The slot allocation will be as follows:
Title holders: Porcinos FC Kings League Spain: 4 teams Kings League Americas: 4 teams Kings League Italy: 4 teams Kings League France: 4 teams Kings League Germany: 3 teams (originally 4, then 2) Wildcards: 8 teams (originally 7, then 9)
Format The 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs retained the format of the 2024 tournament, which included features of a Swiss-system tournament. First stage In the first round, the 32 teams each play one match, with the pairings decided by a random draw, with no restrictions based on nation coincidence. All teams advance to the second round, with the teams that won their first-round match going to a 'winner bracket' and the teams that lost going to a 'loser bracket'. The teams of the 'winner bracket' that win their second round match will immediately qualify for the knockout stage, while the losing teams will face the winning teams from the 'loser bracket' in a last-chance round. The winners of the last-chance round will join the 'winner bracket' second-round winners in the knockout stage. Knockout Stage The knockout phase will then consist of a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final.
Qualified teams
Kings League Spain President: Gerard Piqué Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation 2024 Kings World Cup champions 2nd Kings League Spain Split 4 champions 2nd Kings League Spain 2024/25 aggregate table 2nd 2nd 2nd Following the elimination of Saiyans FC in the 5th Split playoff semifinals, all remaining teams - Ultimate Móstoles, Jijantes FC and Los Troncos FC - had already qualified for the World Cup. xBuyer Team advances to the World Cup as the best team on combined points not already qualified.
Américas Kings League President: Miguel Layún Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Kings League Américas Split 2 champions 2nd Kings League Américas 2024/25 aggregate table 1st 2nd 2nd Los Chamos FC won the Split 3 having already qualified. Galácticos del Caribe, their opponents in the final, were also the best team on aggregate points not already qualified, so they automatically advanced to the World Cup before the match.
Kings League Italy President: Zlatan IbrahimovićCompetition Director: Claudio Marchisio Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Kings League Italy Split 1 regular season leader 1st Kings League Italy Split 1 playoffs semi-finalists 1st 1st 1st
Kings League Brazil President: Kaká Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Kings League Brazil Split 1 regular season leader 2nd Kings League Brazil Split 1 playoffs semi-finalists 1st 1st 1st
Kings League France Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Kings League France Split 1 regular season leader 2nd Kings League France Split 1 regular season runner-up 1st Kings League France Split 1 playoffs semi-finalists 1st 1st
Kings League Germany President: Bastian Schweinsteiger Team Qualification Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation Kings League Germany Road to Paris Main Final winner 1st Kings League Germany Road to Paris Second Ticket winner 1st Kings League Germany Road to Paris 3rd place 1st The Kings League Germany, initially scheduled to have two teams in the World Cup, was granted a third spot after their qualifiers had already ended.
Wildcards Team Qualified date Chairperson(s) Participation 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st and Yasser Al-Qahtani 2nd 1st
(New club) ― Denotes that the World Cup is the team's first official Kings tournament. Kunisports is no longer listed as a Spanish club because it is set to relocate from the Kings League Spain to the Américas Kings League after the World Cup; La Capital CF will be its replacement in the Kings League.
Schedule StageRoundDateFirst StageRound 11-3 June 2025Round 24-7 June 2025Last Chance Round8-9 June 2025Knockout stageRound of 1610-11 June 2025Quarterfinals12 June 2025Semifinals13 June 2025Final14 June 2025
Squads As usual in the Kings League, teams will field a regular roster of ten drafted players, plus guest 11th, 12th and 13th Players.
A system of international loans was set up so players from teams that had not qualified for the World Cup could play the tournament on loan in teams that had qualified.
Boomers Manager: Gabriele Canella
Dendele FC Manager: Wellington de Oliveira
Desimpedidos Goti Manager: Fábio Ferreira
ERA Colonia Manager: Marius Duhnke
FC Zeta Manager: Cristian Brocchi
Fluxo FC Manager: Paulo Neto
Foot2Rue Manager: Samir Nasri
Furia FC Manager: Carlos Barbosa de Oliveira
Futbolistas Locos FC Manager: Simon Seferings
G2 FC Manager: Malik Hadziavdic
Galácticos del Caribe Manager: Fernando Espinosa
Gear7 FC Manager: Pol Font
Jijantes FC Manager: David Biosca
Jynxzi FC Manager: Robert Cornfield
Karasu Manager: Sabry Bezahaf
Kunisports Manager: Juan Manuel Miranda
La Capital CF Manager: Arnau Jariod
Los Chamos FC Manager: Jos Gartland
Los Troncos FC Manager: Èric Bartra
Miami 7 Manager: Daniel Romo
Murash FC Manager: Kensuke Nakai
Olimpo United Manager: Alejandro Castro
PANAM All Starz Manager: Saïd Dorbani
Persas FC Manager: Gabriela Batocletti
Porcinos FC Manager: Nacho Castro
SXB FC Manager: Abdullah Al-Shehri
TRM FC Manager: Marco Bertoni
Ultimate Móstoles Manager: Álex Martínez
Ultra Chmicha Manager: Majid El Khal
Unit3d Manager: Campi Grégory
xBuyer Team Manager: Víctor González
Zaytouna FC Manager: Mustapha Ahouaqui
Broadcast The entire tournament will be livestreamed on Twitch, YouTube and Kick, both from the official Kings League channels and individual feeds from the teams' chairpersons.
On 29 May 2025, it was also announced that DAZN would be broadcasting the entire tournament for free in Spain.
First stage First round The first-round pairings were drawn on 26 May 2025.
Second round Winners' bracket
Losers' bracket
Last-chance round
Knockout stage Qualified teams Team Qualified via Persas FC Winners' bracket Porcinos FC Unit3d FC Zeta Furia FC Los Troncos FC PANAM All Starz Dendele FC Desimpedidos Goti Last-chance round Futbolistas Locos FC Los Chamos FC Karasu Gear7 FC xBuyer Team Fluxo FC Foot2Rue Round of 16 pairings were drawn on 8 June, before the start of the last-chance round.
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Pre-Match On 26 May 2025, before the draw, Congolese singer GIMS was named as the headline act of the opening ceremony (branded as the Music Show)
ChampionLos Troncos FC1st title
External links Official Website
See also Media football Kings World Cup Clubs Kings League Kings League Américas 2025 Queens Finalissima
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